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FIVE SERVICES 



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Servicc^'for Special Occasions 




BOSTON 
American Unitarian Association 
1895 



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COPYRICxHTED 
BY AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION 
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GEO. H.ELLIS, PRINTER, 141 FRANKl IN ST., BOSTON. 



PREFACE. 



The preparation of this book was undertaken in 
response to a demand for some new book of worship 
less costly than the book entitled " Prayer and Praise," 
and of somewhat different character. The " Five Ser- 
vices," here republished, have been arranged in such 
order that the 7e Deum may be sung on the second 
and fourth Sundays of the month, instead of the first 
and second, and various other changes have been 
made corresponding to suggestions received from 
ministers who desire to use them. Especially an at- 
tempt has been made to introduce into the " rubric " 
the utmost possible degree of flexibility. Keeping to 
what is now the generally accepted order in worship, 
— namely, (i) some Introductory Exercise, (2) a Re- 
sponsive Reading, (3) a Scripture Lesson, (4) Prayer, 
- — these services permit much variety of usage. The 
introductory portion may begin with or without a 
hymn of praise, and may include or omit the Confes- 
sion. It may be followed by an anthem or a hymn, 
or, immediately, by a responsive reading. Provision 
has been made for either one or two Scripture Les- 
sons. The printed prayers may be read, either as a 



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whole or in part. The Minister is at liberty to substi- 
tute freely from the collection of Thanksgivings and 
Prayers, and he may use one or two prayers, or a 
litany, to introduce the prayer which he offers in his 
own words ; or, finally, he may lay the book entirely 
aside when he reaches this part of the service. The 
book thus aims to be a help in worship, and not to 
establish a tyranny of form. 

The Introductory Services for Special Occasions 
are designed to answer a request often expressed to 
the committee. They may be used with any of the 
Five Services, taking the place of the regular order 
as far as the Lord's Prayer. For these special days 
Responsive Readings have been arranged, embody- 
ing the best that could be found from many different 
sources. 

It is recommended that, as a rule, the Services be 
used either in regular succession or in accordance with 
the Sunday of the month. In this way all will acquire 
after a time that familiarity without which no liturgical 
exercise can become truly helpful, while there will be 
less risk that this familiarity may degenerate into a 
dead formality. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

First Service i 

The Beatitudes 14 

Second Service 15 

The Commandments ... 28 

Third Service . 29 

Fourth Service ............ 43 

Fifth Service 57 

Introductory Services for Special Occasions 71 

Thanksgivings and Prayers 77 

Selections from the Book of Psalms . . . 107 

Responsive Readings for Special Occasions . 221 



MORNING OR EVENING. 

J The Service may begiit with the siitging of the Doxology or other 
Hymn of Praise, after which the M mister will read one or 
more of the following sentences : 

THE hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
worshippers shall worship the Father in 
spirit and in truth ; for the Father seeketh such to 
worship him. God is Spirit, and they that wor- 
ship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 

BEHOLD, the tabernacle of God is with men ; 
and he shall dwell with them, and they 
shall be his people ; and God himself shall be 
with them, and be their God. 

THE Lord is good to them' that wait for him, 
to the soul that seeketh him. It is good 
that a man should both hope and quietly wait for 
the salvation of the Lord. 

SEARCH me, O God, and know my heart ; try 
me, and know my thoughts ; and see if there 
be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way 
everlasting. 



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the Minister shall say : 




ET us lift up our hearts with our voices unto 
God on high. 



IT When the Confession is omitted, the Lord's Prayer may next be said. 
IT A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

MOST merciful Father, unto whom all hearts 
are open, and from whom no secrets are 
hid : we are heartily sorry for the sins which we 
have at any time committed, in thought or affec- 
tion, in word or deed. We pray thee to look 
graciously upon us, and forgive us. Help us to 
lay aside every weight, and the sins which so 
easily beset us, and to subdue our thoughts and 
desires in obedience to thy perfect law. We 
offer thee now our whole being, our bodies and 
souls, to be thy temple for ever. Take us, O 
Lord, entirely into thy hands, and let nothing 
henceforward, either in life or death, separate us 
from thee any more. Amen. 

![ Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People here, and at 
the end of every Prayer, saying, Amen. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, the Father of mercies, we 
beseech thee to grant us true repentance, 
and thy holy Spirit, that those things may please 
thee which we do at this present, and that the 
rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy, 
so that at the last we may come to thine eternal 
joy. Amen. 



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IF The Lord's Prayer to be said by the M inister and People. 

OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres- 
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver 
us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 
People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister, Glory be to God, the Father Al- 
mighty, Maker of heaven and earth. 

People. As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 

People. The Lord's name be praised. 

^[ An Anthem or Hymn may here be sung; or, omitting this, the 
Minister may announce the reading from the Psalms. 

READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

If Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, the 
Psalms for the day or any other selection : after which one 
of the following Psalms or a Hymn may be sinig: 

PSALM C. 

OBE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands ; serve 
the Lord with gladness, and come before 
his presence with a song. 



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Be ye sure that the Lord, he is God ; it is he 
that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are 
his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, 
and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto 
him, and speak good of his name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlast- 
ing ; and his truth endureth from generation to 
generation 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



psalm xxxiv. 

I WILL bless the Lord at all times: his praise 
shall continually be in my mouth. 

0 magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt 
his name together. 

1 sought the Lord, and he heard me, and deliv- 
ered me from all my fears. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

O taste and see that the Lord is good ; blessed 
is the man that trusteth in him. 

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants; 
and none of them that trust in him shall be deso- 
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Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

TT Then shall be read a Scripture lesson : after which the " Gloria 
in Excelsisf as follows, or in its place the following Psalm 
may be sung. When two lessons are taken, the second shall 
follow before the singing of the Psalm. 

GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men. We praise thee, 
we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, 
we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O 
Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Al- 
mighty. Amen. 



PSALM CXLV. 

I WILL extol thee, O God, my King; and I 
will bless thy name for ever and ever. 
Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise 
thy name for ever and ever. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; 
slow to anger, and of great mercy. 

The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies 
are over all his works. 

Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the de- 
sire of every living thing. 



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The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy 
in all his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him ; 
he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



PRAYERS. 

The use of these Prayers is at the discretion of the Minister. He 
??iay read them in order as they here follow, or some portion 
of them only, or he may use the Litany in connection with the 
Prayer which he offers in his own words: In all cases, these 
following sentences should first be said : 

Minister. The Lord be with you. 

People, And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us ; 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts 
within us; 

People. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. 



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A PRAYER FOR DEVOTION. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast bidden us seek 
that we may find, and who pourest out on 
all who desire it the spirit of grace and of suppli- 
cation : deliver us, when we draw nigh to thee, 
from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, 
that, with steadfast thoughts and kindled affec- 
tions, we may worship thee in spirit and in truth. 
Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR LIGHT. 

OTHOU the Eternal, who dividest the day 
from the darkness, and turnest the shadow 
of death into the morning: drive far from us all 
wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep thy law, 
and guide our feet into the way of peace ; that, 
having done thy will with cheerfulness while it 
was day, we may, when the night cometh, rejoice 
to give thee thanks. Amen. 

1 Or this : 

ALMIGHTY GOD, grant that by the faithful 
practice of the things that we know to be 
true, our hearts may be purged of all evil thoughts 
and desires, and we may be brought to that pure- 
ness of spirit by which alone thou canst be served. 
Forgive all our wanderings from the light. Show 
us the light, that we may live in it, may pass in 



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safety through the shadow of death, and abide 
with thee, for evermore. Amen. 



LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in com- 
munion with thy saints in all ages, with 
prophets and apostles, heroes and martyrs, with 
our beloved dead who have fallen asleep in thy 
peace : we, who are still striving to do and bear 
thy blessed will on earth, adore thee, and offer 
thee our praises and supplications. 
We adore thee, O Lord. 

Make us of quick and tender conscience, that 
we may follow every suggestion of thine indwell- 
ing spirit. Reveal to us the beauty of thy perfect 
will, the gladness of thy service, the power of thy 
presence in our hearts. 

Grant us this prayer, O Lord. 

May no perplexity create in us an impatient 
spirit, no temptation lead us into sin, no sorrow 
hide thy loving will from us. Teach us all to feel 
the need of thy grace, and to seek it ; to know 
thy will, and to do it ; and to abide in peace in 
our appointed lot. 

Grant us this prayer, O Lord. 

Calm the turbulence of our passions ; quiet the 
throbbings of our hopes and fears ; repress the 
waywardness of our wills ; and direct the motions 



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of our affections. Strengthen us to bear all our 
trials patiently, and to glorify thee in our daily 
life. 

Grant us this prayer, O Lord. 

Help us to forgive as we would be forgiven ; 
dwelling neither in speech nor thought upon of- 
fences committed against us, but loving our 
brother freely as thou lovest us. Grant thy help, 
that we may carefully watch over our tempers 
and overcome every unholy feeling ; remove what- 
ever in us may be a stumbling-block in another's 
way, that we may conform to thy will in things 
both small and great. 

Grant us this prayer, O Lord. 

We beseech thee to bless and comfort the old, 
to give strength unto such as are bearing the 
burden and heat of the day, and to lead all chil- 
dren in the right way ; preserve all whom we 
love from the dangers of this present life, and 
prepare them by thy grace for life eternal. 

Bless all thy servants, O Lord. 

Have compassion on all those who are in 
trouble, sorrow, need, or any other adversity, and 
on those who are worn with excessive toil ; give 
them patience, faith in thy goodness, and conform- 
ity to thy will. 

So may thy will be done on earth as it is in 
heaven. 

O thou who art the Strength of all souls, guide 
us through the darkness of this world, guard us 



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from its perils, hold us up and strengthen us when 
we grow weary in our mortal way ; and lead us by 
thy chosen paths, through time and through death, 
to our eternal home in thy heavenly kingdom. 

Be thou .our guide and strengtli forevermore. 

OMOST loving Father, who wiliest us to give 
thanks for all things, and to cast all our 
care on thee who carest for us : preserve us from 
faithless fears and worldly anxieties, and grant that 
no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the 
light of that love which is immortal. Amen. 

% A iiy special Prayer or Prayers, from the collection of Thanks- 
givings and Prayers, may be introduced in this place. 

A PRAYER OF COMMEMORATION. 

MOST merciful God, we thank thee for all 
who have walked in thy light, and espe- 
cially for those near to us and dear, in whose lives 
we have seen thine excellent glory and beauty. 
May we know that out of the body as in the body 
they are with thee, and that, when these earthly 
days come to an end, it is not that our service of 
thee and of one another may cease, but that it . 
may begin anew. Make us glad in all who have 
faithfully lived ; make us glad in all who have | 
peacefully died. Lift us into light and love and 
purity and blessedness ; and give us at last our 
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sought in all things to do thy holy will. And 
unto thy blessed name do we ascribe all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. 

^ This ?nay be said by the Minister and People together. 

f~\ THOU who art the Providence of the world, 



from whom cometh every good and perfect 
gift : we give thee most hearty thanks for all thy 
blessings of nature and of grace ; for the power 
of loving; for everything, whether joy or sorrow, 
whereby thou hast drawn us nearer to thyself ; 
and for all that thou hast in keeping for them 
that love thee. Henceforth, even for ever, we 
would trust thee with our present and our future, 
our hopes and our fears, for ourselves and for all 
whom thou hast given us to love ; and as thou 
dost continually pour out thy gifts upon us, so 
may we ever, more and more, abound in thankful- 
ness and in all good works. Amen. 



ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace 
at this time with one accord to make our 
common supplications unto thee : fulfil now, 
O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants 
as may be most expedient for them, granting us 
in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen. 




CONCLUDING PRAYER. 



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BENEDICTION. 

MAY the spirit that was in Jesus, the spirit of 
divine sonship and human brotherhood, be 
with us, and make us one in faith and love now 
and evermore. Amen. 

% Or this: 

AXD now unto thee, our Father and our God, 
we would, as is most meet, with the church 
on earth and the church in heaven, ascribe all 
honor and glory, dominion and majesty: as it was 
in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 



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EVENING PRAYERS. 

OGOD our Help, who art as the shadow of a 
great rock in a weary land, who beholdest 
us, thy children, weary of labor, weary of pleasure, 
weary of hope deferred, weary of self, in thine 
abundant compassion and unutterable tenderness, 
bring us, we pray thee, unto thy rest. Amen, 

OLORD our God, who alone makest us to 
dwell in safety : refresh with quiet sleep 
this night those who are wearied with the labors of 
the day ; and mercifully protect from harm all who 
put their trust in thee, that, lying down in peace 
to take our rest, we may fear no evil, but confi- 
dently give ourselves into thy holy keeping. Amen. 



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THE BEATITUDES. 



^[ The following may be used as a Responsive Reading whenever 
the Minister shall choose, or the Choir may sing the Responses : 

BLESSED are the poor in spirit, for theirs is 
the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are the poor in spirit. 
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be 
comforted. 

Blessed are they that mourn. 
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the 
earth. 

Blessed are the meek. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness. 

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain 
mercy. 

Blessed are tlie merciful. 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see 
God. 

Blessed are tlie pure in heart. 

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

Blessed are tlie peacemakers. 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for 
righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Blessed are they, for theirs is the kingdom of 
heaven. 



MORNING OR EVENING. 

T[ The Service may begin with the singing of the Doxology or other 
Hymn of Praise, after which the Minister will read one or 
more of the following sentences : 

ASK, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye 
shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened 
unto you : for every one that asketh receiveth ; 
and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that 
knocketh it shall be opened. 

KNOW ye that the Lord he is God ; it is he 
that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; 
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into 
his courts with praise. 

WHO shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? 
or who shall stand in his holy place ? He 
that hath clean hands and a pure heart ; who hath 
not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn de- 
ceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the 
Lord, and righteousness from the God of his 
salvation. 



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THEY that wait upon the Lord shall renew 
their strength. They shall mount up with 
wings as eagles ; they shall run, and not be weary ; 
they shall walk, and not faint. 

If Theji shall the Minister say : 




ET us draw near to God, and he will draw 
near to us. 



When the Confession is omitted, the Lord's Prayer may next be 
said. 

^ A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

IF we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. If we confess our 
sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

I will arise and go to my Father, and say unto 
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and 
in thy sight. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew 
a right spirit within me. 

Let the words of my mouth and the medita- 
tions of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O 
Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Amen. 



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Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People here, and at 
the end of every Prayer, saying, Amen. 

OLORD, our God, who callest us by the 
pleadings of thy compassionate spirit to 
repent and forsake our sins, cleanse us from every 
unholy desire, and remove from us every vain 
and evil thought ; that our worship may be pure 
and acceptable in thy sight, and that we may 
worthily ask and receive thy blessing. Amen. 

IT The Lord^s Prayer to be said by the Minister and People. 

OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres- 
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver 
us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 
People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Now unto Him that is able to keep 
us from falling, and to present us faultless before 
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy ; to 
the only God our Saviour : 

People. Be glory and majesty, dominion and 
power, for ever and ever. Amen. 



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% An Anthem or a Hymn may here be sung, or, omitting this, the 
Minister may announce the reading from the Psalms. 

READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

IT Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, the 
Psalms for the day or any other selection, after which the 
" Te Deitm," the Psalm following^ or a Hymn, may be sung 

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

WE praise thee, O God ; we acknowledge 
thee to be the Lord. 
All the Earth doth worship thee, the Father 
everlasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens, 
and all the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually 
do cry : 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, 
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty -of 
thy glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise 
thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise 
thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee 

The Holy Church throughout all the world 
doth acknowledge thee, 

The Father of an infinite Majesty. 

Day by day we magnify thee ; and we worship 
thy name ever, world without end. 



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Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without 
sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy 
upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our 
trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never 
be confounded. 



RAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord 



X from the heavens : praise him in the heights. 

Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all 
his hosts. 

Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all 
ye stars of light. 

Fire and hail, snow and vapors ; stormy wind 
fulfilling his word, 

Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all 
cedars ; 

Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying 
fowl ; 

Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes and 
all judges of the earth ; 

Both young men and maidens, old men and 
children : 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his 
name alone is excellent. 

His glory is above the earth and heaven : praise 
ye the Lord. 



PSALM CXLVIII. 




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Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

IT Then shall be read a Scripture lesson, after which the following 
Canticle or Psalm may be sung. When tiuo lessons are ready 
the second should be between the following Canticle and Psalm. 



EEK ye the word of the Lord and read ; for his 



thoughts are not as our thoughts. 
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the 
feeble knees. 

Say to them that are of fearful heart : be strong ; 
fear not. 

Behold your God will bring deliverance : he will 
come and save you. 

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and 
the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 

Then shall the lame leap as the hart, and the 
tongue of the dumb shall sing. 

In the wilderness shall waters break out, and 
streams in a thirsty land. 

The solitary place shall be glad, and the desert 
shall blossom as the rose. 

And a highway shall be there : the way of holi- 
ness. 

To the meek it shall be a path of light, and the 
wayfaring man shall not err therein. 



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Come walk in his word with songs of joy : 
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

psalm cxxi. 

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 
My help cometh from the Lord, which made 
heaven and earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. 

Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slum- 
ber nor sleep. 

The Lord is thy keeper ; the Lord is thy shade 
upon thy right hand. 

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the 
moon by night. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; he 
shall preserve thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in from this time forth, and even for ever- 
more. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



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PRAYERS. 

r The use of these Prayers is at the discretion of the Minister. He 
may read them in order as they Jiere follo^o, or some portion of 
them only, or he may use the Litany in connection with the 
Prayer which he offers in his own words. In all cases these 
following sentences should first be said : 

Minister, The Lord be with you. 

People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord show thy 
mercy upon us; 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within 
us ; 

People. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. 

A PRAYER FOR DIVINE HELP. 

OGOD, who art ever more ready to hear than 
we are to pray, and who hast promised the 
help of thy holy Spirit to those who truly seek 
it, we pray thee to fulfil thy gracious promise to us 
thy servants, and to grant us that light and help 
without which we can do nothing. Guide us by 
thy counsel, and defend us by thy might. Purify 
us by thy Spirit, and keep us in thy fear and love 
continually; and to thee will we give praise, world 
without end. Amen. 



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A PRAYER OF TRUST. 

OTHOU who alone art infinite in knowledge 
and wisdom, though thy ways are past our 
finding out, we are sure that they are just and 
right. Help us therefore to submit our desires to 
thy will, and in humility and trust to offer up our 
prayers. Amen. 

LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION 

OMOST mighty God and merciful Father, 
who hast compassion on all men and hatest 
nothing that thou hast made, receive and comfort 
us who are grieved and wearied with the burden 
of our shortcomings and with the hardness of our 
tasks. 

Forgive and help us, O Lord our God, 

Take from us all impurity of thought or desire ; 
all envy, pride, hypocrisy ; all falsehood and de- 
ceit ; all covetousness, vain-glory, and indolence ; 
all malice and anger, — everything that is con- 
trary to thy will, O most holy God. 

Lord, make clean our hearts zvithiu us. 

Assist us in all our doings with thy gracious 
favor, and further us with thy continual help, that 
in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in 
thee, we may glorify thy holy name. 

O Lord, our trust is in thee. 

Shed abroad thy love in our hearts, that we may 



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love thee above all things, and our neighbor as our- 
selves, and be abundantly refreshed by that charity 
which never faileth. 

Grant us this grace, O Lord. 

We remember before thee our Magistrates, and 
all who are in authority ; enlighten and guide 
them, and so dispose and order the affairs of this 
nation that righteousness and truth may prevail, 
and that in all godliness and honesty this people 
may live quiet and peaceable lives. 

O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage. 

We commend to thee those who are in need, 
sickness, or adversity ; let the comfort of thy 
Spirit never depart from them ; give them patience 
and constancy, and in thine own good time turn 
their sorrow into joy. 

O Lord, be thou their hope and stay. 

Protect and bless our friends and kindred ; and 
so fill us with love, gentleness, and forbearance 
that we may walk in our homes with a perfect 
heart, and have joy in each other which passeth 
not away. 

Be thou our guide and strength for evermore. 

O Lord, our God, who lovest us, inspire in our 
hearts, we pray, a holy love toward thee, which 
shall lead our minds to clear and steadfast faith ; 
that thy truth may be our light, thy righteousness 
our strength, and thy love the peace and comfort 
of our life for evermore. Amen, 



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If Any special Prayer or Prayers, from the collection of Thanksgiv- 
ings and Prayers, may be introduced in this place. 

A PRAYER OF COMMEMORATION. 

ETERNAL GOD, with whom do live the 
spirits that depart hence, we praise and 
magnify thee for thy grace and blessing mani- 
fested to all thy true saints and faithful servants, 
of every nation and every age, who have glorified 
thee in their mortal lives. Grant to us, we pray, 
their spirit of love, and of devotion to thy will. 
May their example quicken us to a better life; 
so that we, who cherish their memory, may by 
thy grace be gathered into the company of those 
who abide with thee for ever. Amen. 



A THANKSGIVING. 

If This may be said by the Minister and People together. 

FATHER of Compassion, and Fountain of all 
goodness : we heartily thank thee for thy 
bountiful gifts to us and to all men. We thank 
thee for the blessings of health and strength, and 
for our consolations in time of trial. We thank 
thee for all kindly charities and pure affections ; 
for the means of doing good which thou hast 
given ; and for the victory over sin and death 
which thou hast promised us. Above all, we 
thank thee that thou hast revealed to us thy good- 
ness, and the love that governs all our ways. We 



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therefore bless thy holy name, and bring our 
offering of praise and gratitude ; praying that 
thou wilt establish us in every good word and 
work, and make us worthy the love thou hast be- 
stowed upon us. Amen. 



CONCLUDING PRAYER. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace 
at this time with one accord to make our 
common supplications to thee : fulfil now, O 
Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants 
as may be most expedient for them, granting us 
in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen. 



BENEDICTION. 




HE Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord 
make his face to shine upon us, and be 



gracious unto us ; the Lord lift up the light of 
his countenance upon us, and give us peace. 
Amen. 



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EVENING PRAYERS. 
GOD, the Father of lights, in whom is no 



variableness nor shadow of turning, from 
whom cometh down every good and perfect gift, 
help us so to live in thy peace that even the night 
shall be light about us. O thou who dost neither 
slumber nor sleep, and who givest thine angels 
charge over us to keep us in all our ways, send 
out thy light and thy truth, till all men shall see 
thy glory, and the whole earth shall be full of the 
knowledge of God. Amen. 

GOD, our heavenly Father, by whose Provi- 



dence both the day and night are governed, 
vouchsafe, we beseech thee, as thou hast this day 
preserved us by thy goodness, so still this night to 
overshadow us by thy might ; that we, being armed 
with thy defence, may be preserved from all adver- 
sities that hurt the body, and from all thoughts 
that assault and defile the soul. Amen. 





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THE COMMANDMENTS. 



The following may be used as a Responsive Reading whenever the 
Minister shall choose, or the Choir may sing the Responses : 

THE first of the commandments is, Hear, 
O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; 
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 
and with all thy strength. This is the first com- 
mandment. 

Write these words in our hearts, O Lord, we 
beseeeh thee. 

And the second is like, namely, this : Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

Write these words in our hearts, O Lord, zve 
beseeeh thee. 

There is none other commandment greater than 
these. On these two commandments hang all the 
law and the prophets. 

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men. 



MORNING OR EVENING. 

The Service may begin with the singing of the Doxology, or other 
Hymn of Praise, after which the Minister will read one or 
more of the following sentences : 

WHEN the wicked man turneth away from 
his wickedness which he hath committed, 
and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall 
save his soul. 

I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the 
mercies of God that ye present your bodies 
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,, 
which is your reasonable service. 

WHAT doth the Lord require of thee, but 
to do justly, and to love mercy, and to 
walk humbly with thy God ? 

HE that doeth righteousness is righteous. In 
this the children of God are manifest. 
Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God. 

N^OT every one that sayeth unto me, Lord, 
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father 
in heaven. 



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THIRD SERVICE 



T[ Then the Minister shall say : 




ET us search and try our ways, and turn 
again to the Lord our God. 



When the Co7ifessio7i is omitted, the Lord's Prayer may ?iext be 
said. 

IT A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

MOST merciful Father, who knowest the 
depths of our hearts : w T e confess unto 
thee that we continually fall short of that holi- 
ness which thou dost require in thy children : we 
forget or neglect the duties that we owe to thee 
and to our fellow-men. Help us to make our 
penitence for these shortcomings a repentance 
unto new life. Guide us by thy Spirit, and give 
us strength to overcome the weakness which 
leads us into sin ; that so, being made acceptable 
in thy sight, we may dwell as children in thy 
presence for evermore. Amen. 

If Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People here, and at 
the end of every Prayer, saying Amen. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, grant that, being brought 
to a deep sense of our unworthiness, we 
may so watch against temptation, and be so helped 
and strengthened by thy favor, as hereafter to 
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that, our hearts and minds being joined to thee 
by thy love, we may escape all dangers which do 
presently beset us, and finally attain unto thine 
everlasting joy. Amen. 



\ The Lord's Prayer to be said by the Minister and People, 

"\UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 



V_^/ thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres- 
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver 
us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our eyes. 

People. That we may behold wondrous things 
out of thy law. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 

People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 
People. The Lord's flame be praised. 



II An Anthem or Hymn may then be sung ; or, omitting this, the 
Minister may announce the reading from the Psalms. 




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READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

1T Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, the 
Psalms for the day or any other selection, after which the 
followi7ig Psalm, or Canticle, or Gloria may be sung: 



PSALM LXVI. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands; 
Sing forth the honor of his name ; make 
his praise glorious. 

All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing 
unto thy name. 

0 bless our God, ye people ; and make the 
voice of his praise to be heard : 

Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not 
our feet to be moved. 

Come and hear, all ye that fear God ; and I 
will declare what he hath done for my soul. 

1 cried unto him with my mouth ; and he hath 
heard me. 

Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my 
prayer, nor his mercy from me. 

Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen, 



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CANTICLE. 



rHE tabernacle of God is with men : he 
dwelleth not in temples made with hands. 
All day its gates are open ; and no night shuts 



Come to the river of God in the midst : to him 
that is athirst he giveth of its living waters freely. 

Come to the tree of life, whose leaves are for 
the healing of the nations. 

Blessed be the Lord that draweth nigh ; and 
openeth deep things of the spirit to them that 
love him ; 

And calleth the kingdoms of this world to be 
the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ. 

Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 



LORY be to God on high, and on earth 



peace, good will toward men. We praise 
thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify 
thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, 
O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father 
Almighty. Amen. 




the way of mercy. 



GLORIA IN EXCEL3IS. 




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READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

^[ Then shall be read a Scripture lesson : after which the Benedictns 
or the Psalm following may be sung. When two lessons are 
taken, the seco7id shall follow before the singing of the Psalm. 

BENEDICTUS. 

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel ; for he 
hath visited and redeemed his people, 
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, 
in the house of his servant David. 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, 
which have been since the world began ; 

That we might serc/e him without fear, in holi- 
ness and righteousness all the days of our life ; 

Through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby 
the day-spring from on high hath visited us ; 

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and 
in the shadow of death ; and to guide our feet 
into the way of peace. 

Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

PSALM XXIII. 

THE Lord is my shepherd : I shall not want. 
He maketh me to lie down in green past- 
ures : he leadeth me beside the still waters. 



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He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the 
paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : 

For thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff 
they comfort me. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all 
the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house 
of the Lord for ever. 

Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYERS. 

The use of these Prayers is at the discretion of the Minister. He 
may read them in order as they here follow, or some portion 
of them only, or he may use the Litany in connection with the 
Prayer which he offers in his own words. In all cases, these 
following sentences should first be said : 

Minister. The Lord be with you. 

People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us ; 

People, And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts 
within us ; 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 



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THIRD SERVICE 



A PRAYER FOR LIGHT. 



LORD our God, who turnest into morning 



the shadows of night, grant that we may 
be children of the light and of the day. Let the 
sun of thv righteousness shine in our hearts. 
Enlighten our reason, make clear our conscience, 
and purify our affections. We give ourselves to 
thee this day, beseeching thee so to rule and 
govern us by thy Spirit that faithless distrust and 
all evil thoughts may be driven from our minds ; 
that we may walk with joy in the light of thy 
countenance and in the way of thy salvation. 
Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR HELP IN WORSHIP. 

(f~\ THOU, Light of our hearts and Life of our 



souls, the Strength of all that seek thee : 
grant us thy grace and blessing as we offer to 
thee our common supplications. Restore unto 
us the joy of thy salvation, and uphold us with 
thy free spirit. Help us to desire and seek after 
the good for which we pray; that the hunger and 
thirst of our souls may be satisfied from the 
plenteousness of thy mercy. Behold, we would 
not live unto ourselves, but unto thee. Let thy 
will be ours ; and grant us above all things to rest 
in thee, that in thee our hearts may be at peace. 
Amen. 




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LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. 

OGOD, the Father of mercies, we bow before 
thee in humble penitence, owning our 
weakness and our want, and coming to thee for 
help and deliverance. 

O Lord, deliver us from evil. 
Almighty God, toward whose everlasting 
blessedness we ascend by the strong desire of 
the soul, and by patient continuance in well 
doing : lead us by thine inspiration to seek our 
true life with thee, and earnestly to strive to 
enter into thy heavenly kingdom. 

Send out thy light and thy truth : let them 
lead us. 

Set us free from the bondage of self-will, and 
passion, and unholy desire, that sin may not have 
dominion over us ; but that with a willing mind 
we may serve thee, the Lord of heaven and earth. 

Sanctify and renew us in the spirit of our minds. 

From unrighteous anger and an impatient 
temper, from an uncharitable judgment and readi- 
ness to believe evil, from inordinate cares and 
needless anxieties, from complaints against thee 
and from rebellion against thy holy will, 

Deliver us, O Lord. 

Give us a wise and understanding heart, a fer- 
vent and faithful spirit, a love of holy things, and 
a longing for whatsoever is good and true. 

Lord, fix our hearts on thee. 



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O God, the Father of lights : with whom is no 
variableness nor shadow of turning, from whom 
cometh down every good and perfect gift : we ask 
of thee that wisdom which is first pure, then 
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full 
of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and 
without hypocrisy. 

Give its, we pray thee, wisdom from above. 

Help us to walk with all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another 
in love ; endeavoring to keep the unity of the 
spirit in the bond of peace. 

So may we fulfil the law of love. 

Grant, O Lord, that we faint not ; but, though 
our outward man perish, may our inward man be 
renewed day by day. 

Help us, we pray, to live and walk in thy spirit. 

To the Only Holy, the First and the Last, be 
thanksgiving and praise, from all kindreds and 
tongues on earth, and the voices of saints in 
heaven. Amen. 

Any special Prayer or Prayers, from the collection of Thanksgiv- 
ings and Prayers, may be introduced in this place. 



GOD, who hast taught us how good it is to 



V_^/ follow the holy desires which thou hast put 
into our hearts, and how grievous it is to lose the 
love of whatever beauty and goodness our minds 
have once beheld : give us grace, we beseech thee, 




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at all times, to desire and seek the best gifts. 
Forgive, we pray, the imperfections of the best 
offering we can make to thee. Kindle thou our 
sacrifice by the heavenly fire of thine own good- 
ness and love ; and may we so truly find thee 
here in our prayer that we shall never lose thee, 
but dwell in thy holy presence henceforth, and 
even for evermore. Amen. 

\ Or this : 

OGOD who, in thy dear Son, didst bestow 
upon the world a new inspiration of pure 
love and compassion : grant that we, who are so 
often turned aside from brotherly kindness, may, 
by thy love shed abroad in our hearts, be filled 
with thine own goodness; that we may be made 
one with each other, as children of the same 
Father in heaven, in the spirit of charity and 
peace. Amen. 

A THANKSGIVING. 

TT This may be said by the Minister and People together. 

ALMIGHTY Father and Keeper of our souls, 
we give thee thanks for thy faithful ser- 
vants who, having witnessed in their lives the 
power of thy help, have left the light of their ex- 
ample to shine before thy people upon earth. We 
thank thee for the life which we have from thee, 



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and for the work to which thou hast appointed 
us ; for whatever of good thou hast enabled us to 
win, and for the hope that leads us on toward 
eternal life. Give us, we pray, a heartfelt grati- 
tude for these and all thy mercies, and increase 
in us the manifold gifts of thy Spirit ; that through 
thy counsel and might we may do those works 
which glorify thee, our Father in heaven. Amen. 



THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS. 

OTHOU, who hast made us in thy love, who 
hast put thy Spirit upon us and called us 
to be sons of God, and hast set One before us 
that he might be as the first born of many breth- 
ren, help us to see him as he is, that we may be 
like him in faith, and love, and heavenly com- 
munion. Amen. 



CONCLUDING PRAYER. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace 
at this time with one accord to make our 
common supplications to thee : fulfil now, O Lord, 
the desires and petitions of thy servants as may 
be most expedient for them ; granting us in this 
world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to 
come life everlasting. Amen. 



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BENEDICTION, 

MAY the peace of God, which passeth all 
understanding, that peace which the world 
can neither give nor take away, be with us now, 
and abide in our hearts for ever. Amen. 

\ Or this: 

MAY the Spirit which was in Jesus, the Spirit 
of divine Sonship and human brotherhood, 
be with us, and make us one in faith and love 
now and evermore. Ameju 



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THIRD SERVICE 



EVENING PRAYERS. 

ETERNAL GOD and most merciful Father, 
grant that our souls may rest in the thought 
of thy goodness, and quiet themselves in thee. 
May we now, and at all times, find in thee our 
true inward peace. Let thy mighty hand and 
out-stretched arm be our defence, thy mercy and 
loving-kindness our salvation, thy holy Spirit our 
comfort and our strength, now and evermore. 
Amen. 

OGOD, who givest us these quiet hours of 
holy thought and prayer : we thank thee 
for the rest which thou hast granted us, and the 
peace which thou hast breathed into our souls this 
day. As the shadows of evening gather, we com- 
mend our spirits to thy care. When the morning 
calls us forth again to serve thee, may thy love 
renew the blessing which we have sought to-day ; 
that so, in new strength for toil, and a holier spirit 
of devotion to thy will, we may receive thy merci- 
ful answer to our prayers. Amen. 



MORNING OR EVENING. 

If The Service may begin with the singing of the Doxology or other 
Hymn of Praise, after which the Minister will read one or 
more of the following sentences : 

THE Lord is gracious and full of compassion, 
long-suffering, and of great mercy. The 
Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are 
over all his works. 

TRUST ye in the Lord for ever, for in the 
Lord our God is everlasting strength. 

REST in the Lord, and wait patiently for him ; 
and he shall give thee the desires of thy 

heart. 

THOU wilt keep him in perfect peace whose 
mind is stayed on thee. 

THE Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him ; to all that call upon him in truth. 

BLESS the Lord, O my soul ; and all that is 
within me bless his holy name. 

COME walk in his word with songs of joy, and 
sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 



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If When this exhortation is read, the Lord's Prayer should next 

be said. 

MAY this house be unto us no other than 
the house of God and the gate of heaven. 
Here let us worship him who is Spirit, in spirit 
and in truth. Suffer not the cares of the world 
and the anxieties of life to interrupt our devo- 
tions. Toil, trial, and suffering still await us ; 
and the experience of every day teaches that we 
are not sufficient unto ourselves. Let us put our 
trust in him whose grace is ready to help in time 
of need. 

1" Or this: 

LET us lift up our hearts unto God, our heav- 
enly Father, the holy and merciful, with 
whom is power and peace. 



IT -4 General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, we ac- 
knowledge and confess that we have sinned 
against thee in thought, word, and deed ; that we 
have not loved thee with all our heart and soul, 
with all our mind and strength ; and that we have 
not loved our neighbor as ourselves. We pray 
thee that, in thy great compassion, thou wilt help 
us henceforth to do those things which are pleas- 
ing in thy sight. Amen. 



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45 



T[ Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People here, and at 
the end of every Prayer, saying, Amen. 

MOST gracious God, to know and love whose 
will is righteousness, enlighten our souls 
with the brightness of thy presence, that we may 
both know thy will, and be enabled to perform it. 

Amen. 



If The Lord's Prayer to be said by the Minister and People. 

OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres- 
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver 
us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 
People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Glory be to God, the Father Al- 
mighty, Maker of heaven and earth. 

People. As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



*[ An Anthem or Hymn may here be sung ; or, omitting this, the 
Minister may announce the reading from the Psalms. 



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FOURTH SERVICE 



READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

1" Then shall be said, by Minister and People alternately, the Psalms 
for the day, or any other selection ; after which the Te Deum 
or the Canticle following may be sung. 



TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 




E praise thee, O God : we acknowledge 
thee to be the Lord. 



All the earth doth worship thee, the Father 
everlasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens and 
all the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do 
cry : 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. 
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy 
glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise 
thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise 
thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. 

The holy Church throughout all the world doth 
acknowledge thee, 

The Father of an infinite Majesty. 

Day by day we magnify thee ; 

And we worship thy name ever, world without 
end. 



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47 



Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without 
sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy 
upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our 
trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never 
be confounded. 



CANTICLE. 
BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA DOMINI. 

OALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the 
Lord, praise him and magnify him for ever. 
O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord, 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord, 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Spirits and Souls of the righteous, bless 



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ye the Lord, praise him and magnify him for 
ever. 

O ye Holy and Humble Men of heart, bless ye 
the Lord, praise him and magnify him for ever. 

READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

Then shall be read a Scripture lesson, after which one of the fol- 
lowing Psalms may be sung. If two lessons are taken, the secoiid 
shall follow immediately after the singing of the first Psalm. 



THE Lord is my light and my salvation ; 
whom shall I fear ? The Lord is the 
strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

Though a host should encamp against me, my 
heart shall not fear : though war should rise 
against me, in this will I be confident. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will 
I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of 
the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the 
beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in 
his pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall 
he hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have 
mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, my heart 
said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 



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I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the 
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 

Wait on the Lord ; be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen thine heart ; wait, I say, on the 
Lord. 

Glory be to God most High, the ever-blessed 
Father, 

Who is, and was, and shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 

psalm cxvi. 

RETURN unto thy rest, O my soul, for the 
Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, 
mine eyes from tears, and tfiy feet from falling. 

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his 
benefits toward me ? 

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
and will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people, 

In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst 
of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 

Glory be to God most High, the ever-blessed 
Father, 

Who is, and was, and shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 



FOURTH SERVICE 



PRAYERS. 



*[ The use of these Prayers is at the discretion of the Minister. He 
??iay read them in order as they here follow \ or so?ne portion of 
them only, or he may use the Litany in connection with the 
Prayer that he offers in his own words. In all cases these 
following sentences should first be said: 



Minister. Tne Lord be with you. 

People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us; 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts 
within us ; 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 



A PRAYER FOR PURITY. 

LORD our God, eternal, wonderful in glory; 



V7 who art the Life of all, the Help of those 
that flee unto thee, the Hope of those who cry 
unto thee : cleanse us from our sins, secret and 
open, and from every thought displeasing to thy 
goodness, that with a pure heart and a clear con- 
science we may confidently and fearlessly pray 
unto thee, trusting in thine infinite mercy and 
loving kindness. Amen. 




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Si 



A PRAYER FOR PEACE. 

OTHOU Unseen, but not unknown, in thee 
alone can our spirits find true rest and 
peace; and in thy love is our highest joy. Pre- 
serve in our hearts that peace which passeth un- 
derstanding. In all thy holy discipline of trouble 
and pain grant us the patience of hope, and the 
faith that is rooted and grounded in love. In pros- 
perity or adversity may we live as thy children, 
and ever grow in love to thee, and in devotion to 
thy holy will. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR GRACE. 

GRANT us, O Lord, to pass this day in glad- 
ness and peace, without stumbling and 
without stain ; that, reaching the eventide victo- 
rious over all temptation, we may praise thee, the 
eternal God, who art blessed, and dost govern all 
things, for ever and ever. Amen. 

LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. 

OGOD, the Fountain of all being and of all 
love, 

Let thy blessing be tip on us, and fill us with thy 
love. 

From all jealousy and envy at the good of 
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or taken, from unrighteous anger and an impa- 
tient spirit, from a hard and unforgiving temper, 
and from evil-speaking, 
O Lord, deliver us. 

From an unquiet and discontented spirit, from 

despondency and gloom, 
O Lord, deliver us. 

From fears and misgivings, from doubts of thy 
boundless love, and from forgetfulness of thy ten- 
der mercies, 

O Lord, deliver us. 

We pray thee, O Lord, to inspire in us that love 
which suffereth long and is kind ; which envieth 
not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up; which 
doth not behave itself unseemly, and seeketh not 
its own ; 

Grant us this prayer, O Lord. 

Charity, which is not easily provoked, thinketh 
no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in 
the truth ; which beareth all things, believeth all 
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things ; love 
which never faileth. 

Grant us to be filled zvith the fulness of thy love. 

If Any special Prayer or Prayers, from the collection of Thanks- 
givings and Prayers, may be introduced in this place. 

OGOD our Father, in whom is calmness and 
peace, reconcile the dissensions which di- 
vide us from one another, and bring us into a unity 



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of love which may bear some likeness to thy blessed 
nature ; that we may be spiritually one, as well in 
ourselves as with each other, through that peace 
of thine which maketh all things peaceful, and 
through the grace, mercy, and tenderness where- 
with thou, O Lord, art our Father, for ever and 
ever. Amen. 



GOD of love, who hast given us a new com- 



V^/ mandment through thy dear Son, that we 
should love one another, even as thou dost love us, 
the unworthy and the wandering : we pray thee, 
Lord, give to us thy servants a mind forgetful of 
past ill-will, a pure conscience, and sincere thoughts, 
and a heart to love our brethren. Amen. 

A PRAYER OF COMMEMORATION. 

/^UR heavenly Father, we rejoice in the blessed 



communion of all thy saints, wherein thou 
givest us also to have part. We remember before 
thee all who have departed this life in thy faith 
and love, and especially those most dear to us. 
We thank thee for our present fellowship with 
them, for our common hope, and for the promise 
of future joy. Oh, let the cloud of witnesses, the 
innumerable company of those who have gone 
before and entered into rest, be to us an example 
of godly living. Even now may we be refreshed 



1" Or this : 





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with their joy ; that so with patience we may run 
the race that is set before us, and with them ever 
worship and adore thy glorious name. Amen. 



GENERAL THANKSGIVING. 

% This may be said by the Minister and People together. 

OTHOU, whose never-failing providence or- 
dereth all things, both in heaven and on 
earth, we praise thee, we bless thee, we give thanks 
unto thee for all thou art to us, and all thou doest 
for us, day by day. For reason and conscience, 
for nurture and guidance, and for all the gifts of 
nature and of grace ; for thy forbearance and 
long-suffering, and thy tender mercies which 
never fail ; for all good things received, and for 
thy promise, and our hope, of good in the time to 
come; for these and all other mercies, known or 
unknown, remembered or forgotten, we bless thee 
and will bless, we give thanks to thee, and will 
give thanks now and forever. Amen. 



CONCLUDING PRAYER. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace 
at this time with one accord to make our 
common supplications unto thee : fulfil now, O 
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may be most expedient for them ; granting us in 
this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

NOW the God of hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing ; that ye may abound in 
hope, through the power of his holy Spirit. 
Amen, 



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EVENING PRAYERS. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, whose paths 
are always mercy and truth : grant, we 
beseech thee, that we may continually advance 
in the love of thee, and rejoice in thy protection ; 
that we may serve thee with a quiet mind, and 
evermore abide in thy peace. Amen. 

OLORD GOD, the Life of mortals, the Light 
of the faithful, the Strength of those who 
labor, and the repose of the weary, grant us a 
tranquil night ; that sleeping and waking we may 
be strengthened by thy spirit, and enabled with 
thankful hearts to love and serve thee continually. 
Amen. 



MORNING OR EVENING. 

*\\ The Service may begin with the singing of the Doxology, or other 
Hymn of Praise, after which the Minister will read one or 
more of the following sentences : or in place of these the sen- 
tences for Minister and People may be read. 

GOD is no respecter of persons, but in every 
nation he that feareth him, and worketh 
righteousness, is accepted of him. 

BEHOLD what manner of love the Father 
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be 
called the children of God. 

IF we love one another God dwelleth in us, and 
his love is perfected in us. Hereby know 
we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he 
hath given us of his Spirit. 




S many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 



AND the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. 
And let him that is athirst come, and who- 
soever will, let him take of the water of life freely. 



FIFTH SERVICE 



1" Or this : 

Minister. Let us offer unto God the sacrifices 
of thanksgiving, and call upon the name of the 
Lord. 

People. We will utter the memory of his great 
goodness, and sing of his righteousness. 

Minister, Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness ; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 

People. Honor and majesty are before him; 
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 

Minister. Like as a father pitieth his children, 
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

People. The Lord is good to all, and his tender 
mercies are over all his works. 

Minister. The Lord is the strength of our life, 
our hope, and our portion forever. 

People. Oh, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he 
is good, for his mercy endureth forever. 

If Then the Minister shall say : 

LET us lift up our hearts in reverence, in 
humility, in love, to that Spirit of Love, 
Holiness, and Wisdom, who pervades all places 
and all spirits. Unseen by the outer eye, unheard 
by the outer ear, God reigns here, without, within. 
Let all voices join in singing praise and glory unto 
him. Let all hearts unite in forming a brother- 
hood of which he is the Father. In this life there 
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join in that worship, feeling that he whom we 
adore is before us, around us, and within us. 

IT Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People here, and at 
*the end of every Prayer, saying Amen. 

AS thou, O Father, hast life in thyself, so in all 
ages thy wisdom entering into holy souls 
maketh them to be sons of God and prophets. In 
the filial spirit which would have no life nor love 
apart from thee, and in the likeness of him who 
has taught us the holy^ beauty of a life at one with 
thee, we would be followers of thee as dear chil- 
dren. So all the days of our appointed time 
would we wait till our change come, and thou call 
us to a higher service in a world without end. 
Amen. 

^[ The Lord^s Prayer to be said by the Minister and People. 

/^\UR FATHER who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation, but 
deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 
A men. 

Minister, All glory be to him who createth 
the light, and commandeth it to shine on the face 



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of the deep ! How much more glorious is that 
light which shines in upon our minds, from his 
holy Spirit and his eternal word ! 

People. Blessed be his name for this light 
which no darkness overspreads, and whose sun 
goeth not down. 

Minister. God is the Lord who hath showed 
us such light. With him is the fountain of life : 
in his light we see light. 

People. His mercy is everlasting, and his truth 
endureth from generation to generation. 

c , An Anthem or Hy??in may the7i be sung; or, omitting this, the 
Minister may announce the resp07isive reading. 



RESPONSIVE READING. 

The?i shall be said, by the Minister and People alter?iately, the 
Psalms for the day or any other selection, after which one of 
' the following Psahns or a Hymn may be sung: 



PSALM LXVII. 



OD be merciful unto us and bless us, and 

y cause thy face to shine upon us. 

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy 
saving health among all nations. 

Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the 
people praise thee. 

Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy ; 



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For thou shalt judge the people righteously, 
and govern the nations upon earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the 
people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth yield her increase ; and 
God, even our own God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth 
shall fear him. 

To the only Holy, the First and the Last, be 
thanksgiving and praise : 

From all kindreds and tongues on earth, and 
the invisible hosts of heaven. Amen, 



OLORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy 
name in all the earth ! 
Who has set thy glory above the heavens ! 
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy 
fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast 
ordained, 

What is man that thou art mindful of him, and 
the son of man that thou visitest him ? 

For thou hast made him a little lower than the 
angels ; and hast crowned him with glory and 
honor. 

Thou madest him to have dominion over the 

works of thy hands. 

Thou hast put all things under his feet : 

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in 

all the earth ! 



PSALM VIII. 




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To the only Holy, the First and the Last, be 
thanksgiving and praise : 

From all kindreds and tongues on earth, and 
the invisible hosts of heaven. Amen. 



READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

% Then shall be read a Scripture lesson : after which the Canticle 
or in its place the following Psalm may be sung. When two 
lessons are taken, the second shall follow before the singing of 
the Psalm. 



THE heavens and the earth may perish ; but 
thou, O Lord, shalt endure. 
Yea, they shall wax old like a garment : as a 
vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be 
changed ; 

But thou art the same; and thy years shall 
have no end. 

The Lord is our strength and our song, and is 
become our salvation. 

We shall not die, but live and declare the works 
of the Lord. 

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 

The stone which the builders refused is become 
the headstone of the corner. 



CANTICLE. 




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This is the Lord's doing : it is marvellous in 
our eyes. 

To the only Holy, the First and the Last, be 
thanksgiving and praise : 

From all kindreds and tongues on earth, and 
the invisible hosts of heaven. Amen. 



OLORD, thou hast searched me and known 
me. 

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine upris- 
ing, thou understandest my thought afar off. 

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 
and art acquainted with all my ways. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is 
high, I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go from thy spirit, or whither 
shall I flee from thy presence ? 

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there ; if 
I make my bed in the grave, behold thou art 
there. 

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in 
the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall 
thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold 
me. 

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, 
even the night shall be light about me. 



psalm cxxxix. 




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How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O 
God ! how great is the sum of them ! 

If I should count them, they are more in num- 
ber than the sand : when I awake, I am still with 
thee. 

Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, 
and know my thoughts, 

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 
lead me in the way everlasting. 

To the only Holy, the First and the Last, be 
thanksgiving and praise : 

From all kindreds and tongues on earth, and 
the invisible hosts of heaven. Amen. 



PRAYERS. 

^ The use of these Prayers is at the discretion of the Minister. He 
may read them in order as they here follow, or some portion 
of them only, or he may use the Litany in connection with the 
Prayer which he offers in his own words. In all cases, these 
following sejitences should first be said. 

Minister. The Lord be with you. 

People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us ; 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts 
within us ; 

People. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. 



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A PRAYER FOR HELP IN WORSHIP. 

LORD, we know not what we should pray 
for as we ought; therefore let thy spirit 
enlighten and direct us as when we pray; and 
may our hearts rise to thee in true and accept- 
able worship. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR CONSECRATION. 

ETERNAL GOD, who dost commit to us the 
swift and solemn trust of life : lay to rest 
by the persuasion of thy Spirit the resistance of 
our passion, indolence and fear. Consecrate with 
thy presence the way our feet must go, that the 
humblest work may shine and the roughest places 
be made plain. Lift us above distrust of thee by 
a simple and steadfast reliance on thy sure will ; 
that so we may be modest in prosperity, patient 
under disappointment, ready for danger, serene 
in death, and confident of everlasting life. Amen. 



A LITANY OF PRAISE. 

OGOD, our heavenly Father, from whom com- 
eth every good and perfect gift : we lift up 
to thee the voice of our thanksgiving ; we praise 
thee for the life which thou hast given us, and the 



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service to which thou hast appointed us, for the 
knowledge of thy will, and the inspirations of 
thy love : 

We praise thee, O our God. 

For the work we have strength to do, for the 
truth we are permitted to learn ; for whatever 
good there has been in our past lives, and for the 
hopes which lead us on toward better things : 

We praise thee, O our God. 

For the revealing of thy presence in nature, and 
the tokens of thy wisdom and power, in the least 
as in the greatest; for every moment of nearer 
communion with thy Spirit in all that is fair and 
glorious in the universe : 

We praise thee, 0 our God. 

For thy holy word of righteousness and truth, 
spoken by the wise and good in every age, made 
manifest in noble and saintly lives : 

We praise tliee, O our God. 

For home and friends, for all the comfort and 
gladness of our lives ; for encouragements to 
duty, for succor in temptation ; for sympathy in 
sorrow, for the peace that is gained through strife, 
and the rest that comes after toil : 

We praise tliee, O our God. 

For the pain and loss which befall us when we 
disobey thy holy laws, and wander away from thee 
into the darkness of sin : 

For this also would we praise thee, O oitr God. 

When our spirits fail, when our way is dark- 



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ened, when we are oppressed by care, or weighed 
down by sorrow, then, for the love which bids 
us come to thee and lay our burden at thy 
feet : 

We praise thee, O God, ottr Father and our 
Friend. 

Make us less unworthy of all thy mercies, and 
give us grace to know and do thy holy will. 

So may thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, 
on ear tli as it is in heaven. Amen. 

T Any special Prayer or Prayers, from the collection of Thanksgiv- 
ings and Prayers, may be introduced in this place. 



THOU, who art the one God and Father 



of all, who hast breathed thine own Spirit 
into thy children, and made us to be at one with 
each other as members of thy household, enable 
us henceforth to keep the unity of the spirit in 
the bond of peace. Amid diversities of knowl- 
edge and of faith, may we be made one in spirit, 
in brotherly affection, and in devotion to thy holy 
will. Deliver us from all blindness and prejudice, 
and whatsoever else would turn our hearts from 
one another. By the charity of our temper and 
thoughts may we show forth the power of the 
gospel of love; and may we live in peace and 
unity with all our brethren, as followers of the 
Prince of Peace. Amen. 




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A PRAYER FOR GRACE TO SERVE THE LORD WITH 
GLADNESS. 

OLORD, renew our spirits and draw our 
hearts unto thyself, that our work may not 
be to us a burden, but a delight ; and give us 
such a mighty love as shall sweeten all our obedi- 
ence. Oh, let us not serve thee with the spirit 
of bondage, but with the gladness of children, 
delighting ourselves in thee and rejoicing in thy 
work. Amen. 

A PRAYER OF PATIENCE AND TRUST. 

LORD, help us to love thee with a pure affec- 
tion that shall save us from sin. Give us 
strength for every duty, and patience to bear every 
cross. May we trustfully accept all that pleas- 
eth thee, be it prosperity or adversity, be it glad- 
ness or sorrow, taking it from the hand of thy 
love, and for the love we bear to thee. We would 
humbly follow the guidance of thy Spirit, through 
whatever way thou shalt appoint for us, in obed- 
ience and trust, with the joyful hope of coming 
ever nearer to thee. Amen. 

CONCLUDING PRAYER. 



ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace 
at this time with one accord to make our 
common supplications unto thee: fulfil now, 



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O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants 
as may be most expedient for them, granting us 
in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen, 

BENEDICTION. 

THE Lord is our Guardian : he will not leave 
us nor forsake us. The Lord preserve us 
in love and peace from this time forth, and even 
forevermore. Amen. 

f Or this . 

MAY the spirit of Love, the spirit of Truth, 
the Eternal Spirit of God be, and abide 
with us all, evermore, and speak to our hearts 
his everlasting peace, Amen. 



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EVENING PRAYERS. 
LORD, our God, grant unto us, above all 



things that can be desired, to rest in thee, 
and in thee to have our hearts at peace. Thou 
art the true peace of the heart, thou its only rest ; 
out of thee all things are hard and restless. In 
this very peace, in thee, the Eternal Good, may 
our souls rest forevermore. Amen. 

/~~\UR God, and God of our fathers, grant hope 



to them that seek thee ; inspire with cour- 
age all that wait for thee ; and be nigh unto all 
them that trust in thy name ; that all men may 
walk in the light of thy truth, and feel that they 
are children of one Father. Amen. 






SlntroDuctoty £>cti)tceg for Special 



H 7^<? following Services are designed for Christmas, Easter, 

and for memorial occasions. They may be substituted for the 
beginning of any one of the five services as far as the Lord^s 
Prayer. Appropriate Responsive Readings will be found at 
the end of the book. 

CHRISTMAS. 

IT Introductojy sentences. 

LORY to God in the highest, and on earth 
J peace, good will to men. 

r I ^HE spirit of the Lord shall be upon him, the 
-1. spirit of wisdom and understanding, the 
spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowl- 
edge and of the fear of the Lord. 

TJE that overcometh shall inherit all things ; 
A A and I will be his God, and he shall be 
my son. 

Tf Exhortation. 

IN the glad joy of our Christmas-tide we come 
together to celebrate the birth of a new 
spirit in the world, and that old yet ever new 
miracle which is in the beginnings of life, in the 
power of innocency and in the divinity of child- 
hood. As the lessons of this day are brought to 
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souls, and may our prayers and God's blessings 
be like angels ascending and descending. Here 
let us learn the true humility of a child ; here 
may the voice speak to us of the coming king- 
dom of peace, so that, heeding its divine prompt- 
ing, we may look no more back, but press forward 
to the mark of our high calling, even unto the 
heritage reserved for all God's sons who strive to 
do his righteous will. 

Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People answering, 



THOU the inspirer and helper of all who 



W put their trust in thee, we thank thee for 
this day which tells us of one who lived that he 
might save men by love, heal them by sympathy, 
and die for them in pity. \Ye thank thee for 
the revelation of that purity which is stronger 
than armies, and for the truth which is greater 
than knowledge. May our souls be moved and 
our wills be melted in the presence of such tender 
passion, and grant, O most holy One, that the 
lessons of this day and life be not lost upon us ; 
but, enkindling within our own hearts that true 
charity for all men, may send us forth on missions 
of healing and blessing ! So let thy kingdom 
come and thy will be done, even on earth as now 
in heaven. Amen. 



Amen 




r The Lord's Prayer may next be said, and the remaining part of 
the Service may follow as in the regular order. 



FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 



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EASTER. 

IT Introductory sentences. 

EXCEPT a corn of wheat fall into the ground 
and die, it abideth alone; but, if it die, it 
bringeth forth much fruit. 

AS the earth bringeth forth her bud, and the 
garden causeth the things sown in it to 
spring forth, so the Lord will cause righteous- 
ness and praise to spring forth among all nations. 

THE souls of the righteous are in the hands 
of the Lord, and there shall no evil touch 

them. 

SO WHEN this mortal shall have put on im- 
mortality, then shall be brought to pass the 
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in 
victory ! 

IT Exhortation. 

DEARLY beloved, with hearts and minds 
open to the lessons of this season, when 
all nature prophesies to man, let us rejoice in 
that Christian gospel which interprets the proph- 
ecy of nature, and celebrate with gladness the tri- 
umph of life over death, of spiritual continuance 
through all outward change. Let us answer the 



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manifold lessons with newness of life in ourselves, 
that so, casting off the works of darkness to put 
on the armor of light, and led by the hope that is 
full of immortality, we may press forward in glad 
and faithful service unto that world in which is 
fulness of joy and life everlasting. 

Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People answering, 
Amen. 

TNFINITE and gracious Father, who alone hast 
i life and immortality in thyself, we would draw 
near to thee in grateful love as to the Fountain of 
our being. Apart from thee there is no life : in 
thee there is no death. Thou sendest forth thy 
breath, the earth wakens, and all nature's voices 
lift up their obedient praise to thee. Send thy 
spirit into our hearts, that we also may praise thee 
with joyful lips, and all that is within us bless 
thy holy name. On this day which testifies of the 
power of the soul to outlast the changes of earth, 
and to rise victorious over the bondage of death, 
may our immortal being hear the call and feel its 
meaning ! Help us, we pray, to rise from the 
death of sin, in the likeness and might of him 
who assures us, " I am the way, the truth, and 
the life : because I live, ye shall live also." Amen. 

% The Lord ' s Prayer may next be said, a?id the remaining part of 
the Service may follow as in the regular order. 



FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 



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A MEMORIAL SERVICE. 

SING, O heavens! and be joyful, O earth! for 
the Lord hath comforted his people. 

HE giveth light to them that sit in darkness 
and the shadow of death. He shall swal- 
low up death in victory, and wipe away all tears 
from all faces. 

THEY that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 
Yea, he that goeth forth weeping, bearing 
his seed, shall surely come again rejoicing, bring- 
ing his sheaves. 

THIS man died, leaving his death for an ex- 
ample of a noble courage and a memorial 
of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all 
his nation. 

TT Exhortation. 

LET us call to remembrance, and be glad in 
their goodness, those dear immortals, our 
dead and ever living, who have passed the doors 
beyond which we cannot see. As they kept the 
faith in time of trial, and righteousness in the hour 
of temptation, so, inspired by their example, may 
we be able, when danger is near and the flesh is 
weak, to triumph over every weight and the sin 
that doth so easily beset us, and to run with 
patience the race that is set before us. 



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*~ Then shall the Minister say this Prayer, the People answering, 



THOU who hast raised up prophets and 



V^/ apostles to be mighty forerunners in all 
the blessed privileges of a heavenly inheritance, 
we thank thee for the heroes and martyrs, the 
saints and confessors, who strove to do and bear 
thy perfect will on earth. Draw us unto thyself 
by the same uplifting power, that our feet stumble 
not on the dark mountain, nor falter in the 
shadow of the valley of death. Reveal to us the 
gladness of thy service, and make us truly thank- 
ful for the heritage wherein thou hast given us 
a portion. Oh, let the innumerable company of 
those who have gone before and entered into peace 
be to us an example of righteous living, that we, 
who cherish their memory, may, by thy grace, be 
enabled in all things to live aright, and finally 
be deemed worthy of the crown of everlasting 
life. Amen. 



Amen. 




<r . The Lord's Prayer may next be said, and the remaining part of 
the Service may follow in the usual order. 



THANKSGIVINGS. 



THOU who hast compassed all the pathway 



V_>/ of our lives, we thank thee that thy provi- 
dence abides through every change. Thou dost 
cheer the loneliest lot with the comfort of thy 
presence; and we can only bless thee for thine 
unfailing care. Into thine own eternity thou hast 
called us, and set us in the midst of purposes we 
cannot measure ; but we would thank thee for the 
good we know, and pray that thou wilt teach us 
patience till thou send more light. Waken our 
hearts to gratitude, O Lord, for mercies which 
have flowed upon us, day by day, in health and 
sickness, in labor and repose, in joy and sorrow. 
Give us grace to praise thee in our whole lives, 
ever seeking to know and do thy will, and giving 
thanks unto thee for all things. Amen. 



V_y we render most hearty praise and thanks 
unto thee that thou hast preserved us, both this 
night and all the times and days of our lives 
hitherto, under thy protection, and hast permitted 




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us to live unto this present hour. We beseech 
thee to receive us this day into thy care, so 
ruling and governing us during our whole lives 
from henceforth that all manner of darkness and 
evil may be utterly driven out of our hearts, and 
that we may walk in the light of thy truth, to 
the help of our neighbor, and to thy glory and 
praise. Amen. 



TRUST AND SUBMISSION. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, the Fountain of life, we 
humbly thank thee, not alone for what is 
bright and fair in our lot, but for the difficulty, 
the trial, the darkness. We would thank thee for 
the doubts that perplex us, the infirmities that 
oppress us, the sorrows that make us faint and 
fear ; for we know that thou wilt answer the 
strong cry which these bring forth out of our 
souls after light from thee. Oh, grant that we 
may so endure as becometh thy children ; that, 
doubting, we may not despair ; cast down, we 
may not be destroyed ; sorrowing, we may not be 
without hope. Amen. 

■ 

FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, our Light in darkness, 
our Strength in weakness, our Hope in 
sinfulness, and our Eternal Home, be unto us 



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merciful, long-suffering, and patient ; that we, who 
are slow of growth, may hope to come at last to 
thy likeness ; and, being upheld by thee, may by 
thy mercy go from strength to strength, until, 
through the waste and dreariness, through the joy 
and duty, of this earthly life having safely passed, 
we in the fulness of thy mercy may come into the 
land of the eternal peace. Amen. 



THE JOY OF SIN FORGIVEN. 

LORD of all life, Source of all light, guiding 
and governing all things of thy loving-kind- 
ness and power, hear our thanksgivings unto thee 
for all the joy that thou puttest into mortal life, 
but chiefly for the joy that comes of sin forgiven, 
weakness strengthened, victory promised, life eter- 
nal looked for. To every one of us grant that, 
being fully conscious of having erred and strayed 
from thy ways, we may be equally conscious of 
our need to go back again to thee, the Good Shep- 
herd. Let there be no doubt with any one of us 
that thou dost forgive, even to the uttermost, all 
those who draw nigh in penitence to thee, that 
so those who are sinful, and sorrowful because 
sinful, may be filled with thy joy this day. Give 
to the lowliest hope, bring to the saddest joy, that 
so thy gospel may be indeed to us glad tidings, 
renewing our strength, and helping us through 



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the rest of our days to live lowly, ever trusting in 
thee. Amen, 



jUR Father in heaven, as we pray for thy 



W children who are living with us here on 
earth, so would we also remember before thee 
those who have been taken from our mortal sight, 
and have passed through the valley of the shadow 
of death into the world that lies beyond. We 
commend them to thy fatherly care, even to that 
divine providence which surrounded their earthly 
way. Thou wilt grant unto those who sought 
thee here the blessed vision of thy brighter pres- 
ence, and unto those who obeyed thee in humility 
and love the call to a higher service. Thou canst 
renew the strength that failed on earth ; thou 
canst restore the purity that was soiled, and give 
light to the mind that was blinded, and change 
the heart that was turned from thee. Oh, con- 
tinue thou thy mercies and loving-kindness to 
those whom here thou couldst never forsake. 
And may we, in all our present work and striving, 
in our gladness or sorrow, and in all the deepest 
experiences of our life here below, be kept in a 
true fellowship of spirit with the departed, and be 
sustained by the .joyful expectation of meeting 
them again, and of being joined with them in still 



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closer and dearer bonds of love and holy service. 
Amen, 

FOR GRACE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE. 

OGOD, whose kingdom cometh in spirit and 
in power, and who sendest thy word like 
the dew that falleth silently upon the earth : grant 
that all who contend for the faith which thou hast 
given them may never injure it by clamor and im- 
patience, but, speaking thy precious truth in love, 
may so present it that men may see in it thy 
goodness and thy beauty, who art the only true 
God. Amen. 

FOR THOSE IN DOUBT. 

ALMIGHTY and ever-living God, who hast 
given us thy truth for a light to our feet 
amid the darkness of this world, have pity upon 
all who, by doubt or denial, have gone astray from 
the path of safety, bring home the truth to their 
hearts, and grant them to receive it as little chil- 
dren. Amen. 

FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AFFLICTION. 

OTHOU who art the Comfort of the sad, the 
Strength of all who suffer, let the prayers 
of those who cry out of any tribulation come unto 



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thee ; and may they rejoice to find that thy mercy 
is present with them in their afflictions. Let all 
who are beset by fears, troubled by poverty, worn 
by illness, all who are wronged and oppressed, the 
lonely, the suffering, the weary and heavy-laden, 
be sustained by thy might, consoled by thy ten- 
derness, and cherished by thy fatherly compas- 
sion. Amen. 

AGAINST SPIRITUAL APATHY. 

f~\ GOD, the Sovereign Good of the soul, who 



requirest the hearts of all thy children, de- 
liver us from all sloth in thy work, all coldness in 
thy cause, and grant us by looking unto thee to 
rekindle our love, and by waiting upon thee to 
renew our strength. Amen. 



GOD, who art Peace everlasting, whose 



chosen reward is the gift of peace, and who 
hast taught us that the peacemakers are thy chil- 
dren, pour thy peace into our souls, that every- 
thing discordant may utterly vanish, and all that 
makes for peace be dear to us forever. Amen. 




FOR PEACE. 




LORD God Almighty, who art our true Peace 
and Love eternal, enlighten our souls with 
the brightness of thy peace, and pour into our 



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hearts such love toward thee that we, loving thee 
and each other fervently, may abide in thy peace 
and love forever. Amen. 

FOR FAITHFULNESS. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, Maker of heaven and 
earth, Giver of light and life, so teach us 
those things which belong to the heavenly king- 
dom and those duties which are of the earth that 
we, stirred by the light and life of thy peace, may 
be enabled faithfully to do the things committed 
to us, looking ever unto thee for light and life \ 
that, being lifted .above ourselves, thy peace, 
which passeth all understanding, -may keep our 
hearts and minds forever. Amen. 

THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE. 

BLESSED be thy name, O Lord, forever, who 
turnest not away tribulation and chastise- 
ment from thy chosen, that so they may be dis- 
ciplined and made meet for thee. When we are 
in deep distress, and the heart faints and fails 
under the burden of its sorrows ; when we are en- 
compassed with danger and beset with fear, — oh, 
what shall we say ? Father, save us from this 
hour! But for this cause came we unto this 
hour ; that, being tried and perfectly moulded to 
thy will, like gold tried in the furnace, we may be 



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lifted up into light and peace, and called to be at 
thy right hand. Father, glorify thy name ! For- 
tify us under each new distress ; be thou our 
strength and support, till patience have her per- 
fect work, and faith be made pure and firm. 
Amen. 

FOR SHELTER FROM THE STORM. 

ETERNAL Refuge of those who are dis- 
tressed, grant unto us that in all trouble of 
this our mortal life we may flee to thy loving-kind- 
ness and tender mercy, that so, sheltering ourselves 
therein, the storms of life may pass over us, and not 
shake thy peace within us. Whatsoever this life 
may bring us, grant that it may never take from 
us the full faith that thou art our Father. Amen. 

FOR TRUST. 

GRANT unto us, that we, feeling toward thee 
as children, may trust where we cannot 
see, and hope where all seems doubtful, ever look- 
ing unto thee as our Father that doeth all things 
well, our Father that ordereth all. Thus, know- 
ing that all things are in thy hands, may we abide 
thy time, patiently doing the work thou hast given 
us to do. Mercifully give us peace in the hour 
of death, and afterward an abundant entrance into 
the life eternal. Amen. 



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COMFORT IN STRESS. 



THOU whose name is Love, and whose 



V^/ compassions fail not, let thy merciful kind- 
ness be for our comfort when burdens are heavy 
and sorrow is near, — when our hearts fail us for 
the things that are coming to pass, and we fear 
as we enter into the cloud. Give us faith when 
our dear ones die out of our sight. And in our 
last hour lift thou up the light of thy counte- 
nance upon us. Thou art the strength of those 
who put their trust in thee. Send out thy light 
and thy truth, to shine pure and strong over death 
and the grave. Amen. 

FOR MEEKNESS AND PEACEABLENESS. 



JL--^ the unruly wills and affections of sinful 
men, help us to put away all bitterness and wrath 
and anger and clamor and evil-speaking, with all 
malice. May we possess our souls in patience, 
however we are tempted and provoked, and not 
be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with 
good. Enable us, O God of patience, to bear one 
another's burdens, and to forbear one another in 
love ! Oh, teach and help us all to live in peace 
and to love in truth, following peace with all men 
and walking in love, as Christ loved us, of whom 
let us learn such meekness and lowliness of heart 





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that in him we may find rest for our souls. Sub- 
due all bitter resentments in our minds, and let 
the law of kindness be in our tongues, and a meek 
and quiet spirit in all our lives. Make us so gen- 
tle and peaceable that we may be followers of 
thee as dear children, that thou, the God of peace, 
mayest dwell with us forevermore. Amen. 



GOD, who puttest into our hearts such deep 



V/ desires that we cannot be at peace until we 
rest in thee : mercifully grant that the longing of 
our souls may not go unsatisfied because of any 
unrighteousness of life that must separate us from 
the All-holy. Open our ears to the counsels of 
eternal wisdom, and breathe into our souls the 
peace which passeth understanding. Grant us to 
be lowly in spirit, and to have our portion in the 
kingdom of heaven. Sanctify our sorrow, that we 
may so mourn as to find comfort. Let our hun- 
ger and thirst be for righteousness, that we may 
be filled with the bread of heaven. Teach us so 
to be merciful that we may obtain mercy in our 
need. Make us pure in heart, that we may see 
thee. Grant us to be peacemakers, as thy chil- 
dren, that thy peace may be with us when we 
suffer for righteousness' sake. O Lord, give us 
grace to seek first thy kingdom ; and we know that 
thou wilt add unto us all things needful. Amen. 



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FOR A LOVING AND FORGIVING SPIRIT. 

ALMIGHTY FATHER, who knowest all 
that we have need of before we ask thee, 
help us to feel our true necessity and to desire 
only what thou art ready to give. We cannot 
live-in happy trust in thee unless we are trying to 
do our duty to each other. We therefore pray 
thee to fill us with thy blessed spirit of love 
and kindness and generous sympathy, that we 
may enter more into each other's joys and sor- 
rows. Make us specially kind and gentle to those 
who are most distasteful to us. Above all, keep 
us from a captious and quarrelsome temper, from 
all careless or wilful misunderstandings, and from 
every unkind suspicion. Teach us to make our 
lives blessing and blest by adding at least a little 
day by day to the happiness and welfare of others. 
We are often fretful, prejudiced, and unjust, and 
ready to take offence ; and sometimes others 
around us are so, too. O Lord, deliver us from 
ourselves : let us learn to take this discipline from 
thy loving hand, and to conquer all our vexation 
by love and forgiveness, remembering our own 
need of thy mercy and forbearance. In our work 
be thou our light and our strength. In our care 
be thou our rest and our hope. In our sorrow be 
thou our consolation. In life, and in death, come 
when it may, be thou our loving Father and our 
eternal Friend. Amen. 



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FOR TRUE HAPPINESS AND PEACE. 

LORD God, our heavenly Father, help us 



to praise thee for the new mercies of an- 
other day of life ; for thy kind and loving care 
over us ; for thy patience with our infirmity ; for 
thy merciful forgiveness of all our sins. May we 
so live rejoicing in thee that our duties may be 
cheerfully and faithfully done, and that we may 
give help and comfort to one another, bearing 
each other's burdens, and making the path of 
life less difficult and sad. May we never forget 
that we are all thy clear children, and that our 
highest privilege is to love thee with all our 
hearts, and to do unto others as we would be 
done by. And, O heavenly Father, we pray thee 
to make our lives happy, notwithstanding all our 
trials, and our little or great difficulties. Give us 
thy peace which passeth all understanding, and 
which will keep us wise and steadfast in prosper- 
ity, and will bear us up in the worst time of ad- 
versity. Graciously receive, O Lord, these our 
prayers and praises ; and let the blessings we 
have asked for ourselves fall bountifully over all 
mankind, to the honor and glory of thy name. 
Amen. 



O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, 
we thank thee for the light and life of an- 
other day, and for all thy mercies toward us, 




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which in our impatience we so easily forget. 
Help us this day to live happily and to walk up- 
rightly. May perfect truthfulness and justice be 
found in all our dealings, May we do our best in 
what we have to do, and so learn to take a pride 
and pleasure in those duties 'which thou hast laid 
upon us ! Give us grace to bear with patience the 
crossings of our will, and the incapacity or wilful- 
fulness of others. May we have power to rise 
above the fretting circumstances of daily life, and 
to think more about the hopes of the great world 
in which we live, and the good purposes of our 
God toward us all. Make us kind and charitable, 
thoughtful of each other's wants and feelings, and 
more ready to give up our own gratifications for 
others', sakes. Protect us from all harm; but, 
if it be thy good pleasure that it should occur, 
help us to bear it bravely, and to trust in thee, 
whatever may befall us. We ask all these bless- 
ings for thy name's sake. Amen. 



GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested 



that we might know ourselves to be sons 
of God and heirs of eternal life, grant, we beseech 
thee, that, having this hope, we may purify our- 
selves, even as he is pure; that we may be made 
like unto him in thine eternal and glorious king- 
dom. Amen. 



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THE NEW YEAR. 

OLORD, who art our dwelling-place in all 
generations, grant us so to pass through 
the coming year with faithful hearts that we may 
in all things do that which is pleasing in thy sight, 
as thy devoted servants, according to thy holy 
will. Amen. 

PALM SUNDAY. 

GRANT, O God, that as on this day the dis- 
ciples of Jesus Christ blessed his coming 
and welcomed him with joy, we may be ready to 
receive him into our hearts; and, having followed 
him on earth, may be numbered among those 
who shall bear palms of victory, and give glory 
and honor and thanks unto thee evermore. 
Amen. 

GOOD FRIDAY. 

ALMIGHTY Father and Keeper of our souls, 
when the cross received its holy burden, 
and the heavens were dark, when in every out- 
ward sign of pain and gloom the patient spirit did 
commend itself into thy hands, then was overcome 
the sharpness of death ; then was light sown for 
the righteous, and joy for the upright of heart; 
then was fulfilled that peace which the world can 
neither give nor take away. Thou art the Saviour 
of them that put their trust in thee, and none 



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that wait on thee shall be desolate. So be near 
to us in our hour of trial ; and through every 
darkening cloud may we hear thy voice, saying, 
Though for a little while hid I my face from thee, 
yet with everlasting mercies will I remember thee. 
Amen. 

GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that, being 
watchful, we may be kept through the hour 
of temptation ; and give to us such willingness of 
spirit, strength of heart, and patient quietness 
that we may not shrink from sharing the bitter 
cup which our Master accepted from thy hand. 
Amen. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, grant 
us grace, we beseech thee, to bear willingly 
whatever cross may be laid upon us, and to follow 
the most holy footsteps of thy dear Son, though 
they lead us along the way of sorrows. Amen. 

EASTER. 

OLORD of life, who dwellest in eternity, and 
who hast planted in our hearts the faith 
and hope which look beyond our mortal life to 
another, even a heavenly country : we give thee 
thanks this day for the bright shining of the light 
of immortality in Jesus Christ. As he has showed 
us the blessedness of heaven on earth, and has 



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called us into a kingdom not of this world, so may 
our life be made ever richer in the things that do 
not pass away. May we be raised up from the 
death of sin to the life of righteousness ; and, 
striving now to follow in that path of duty and 
love in which he ever walked on earth, may we be 
prepared to follow him in hope and trust through 
all the darkness of the grave into the world of 
light, whither he has led the way ! And, when 
our spirits shrink before the mystery of life and 
death, may we be comforted by the thought of 
that immortal love which knows no change, and 
feel that, whether we live or die, we are safe in 
thine everlasting arms ! Amen. 

GREAT and gracious Presence, above, 



V_y below, around, within, the Life of all that 
lives, we would be consciously with thee. Thou 
sendest forth thy breath, and we are created : 
thou openest thy hand and we are filled with 
good. To the waiting earth thou givest in due 
time the pulse of a new life, and to the humble 
seed the hour of wakening ; so to the soul of 
man thou bringest the quickening hour, when 
he shall rise out of his sleep and death, and 
walk with thee in newness of life. To every 
faith bowed down, and every love laid in its 
grave, thou bringest a new uplifting and a heav- 
enly birth ; and to ignorance, and weakness and 
sin thou givest light and strength, and the ten- 




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der healing of forgiveness. Having received such 
ministry and gracious regard, let us put off the 
works of darkness and death and set our affec- 
tions on things above, that so we may finally 
know the hope of thy calling and the riches 
of that inheritance which thou didst manifest to 
him whom we name our elder brother and our 
Lord, and with him be deemed worthy of the 
crown of immortality. Amen, 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast caused the light 
of eternal life to shine upon the world, we 
beseech thee that, in celebrating this holy season, 
our hearts may be so kindled with heavenly de- 
sires, and thy love so shed abroad in us by thy 
holy Spirit, that we may continually seek the 
things which are above ; and, abiding in purity of 
heart and mind, may at length attain unto thine 
everlasting kingdom, there to dwell in the glorious 
light of thy presence, world without end. Amen, 

ALL SAINTS' DAY. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast knit together 
thy faithful children in one communion and 
fellowship : grant us grace so to follow thy blessed 
saints in all virtuous and godly living that we 
may come to those unspeakable joys which thou 
hast prepared for all who unfeignedly love thee. 
A men. 



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AND 



PRAYERS 



ALL SOULS' DAY. 

INFINITE Life, Power, Beauty, Eternal Voice 
speaking in our souls : thine is the wisdom 
of the saint and seer, thine the light shining on 
the eyes of holy prophets, and thine the love that 
answereth and filleth every prayerful spirit. We 
bless thee for all the holy souls that reveal thee ; 
for all unknown and lowly people whose daily 
lives are offerings heroic, sweet, and beautiful to 
thee; and for thy voice that speaketh within. 
Oh, may we heed thy call, and rise into the liberty 
and joy of thy faithful children. Amen. 



PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 

AS members of one great family in thee, O 

Father, we come together to renew our 

faith, and to strengthen the bonds of love which 

may have been weakened amid the strife and 

turmoil of daily life. Help us to purify our 
hearts, to subdue our passions, and to remove evil 
from our thoughts. Amen. 

OLORD, we pray unto thee for all mankind. 
Grant that wherever a heart sighs in an- 
guish under the load of guilt, wherever a soul 
longs to return unto thee, it may feel the in- 
fluence of thy pardoning love and mercy. May 
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grope in the darkness of ignorance and error, and 
let the knowledge of thy truth shed its rays into 
all clouded hearts ! Amen. 

TT7ROM thy house, O kind Father, we are about 



X to return to our homes, to seek the shelter 
which thou hast prepared for us in the dear com- 
munion of our family life. Open unto us the 
gates of thy love. Oh, enter thou with us into 
our home, that it may become thy dwelling-place, 
thy sanctuary, and that thy spirit may abide 
within its walls. Amen. 

(~\ LORD our God, under the shadow of thy 



wings let us hope. Thou wilt support us, 
both when little, and to even gray hairs. When 
our strength is of thee, it is strength ; but, when 
our own, it is feebleness. We return unto thee, 
O Lord, that from their weariness our souls may 
rise towards thee, leaning on the things which 
thou hast created, and passing on to thyself, who 
hast wonderfully made them ; for with thee are re- 
freshment and true strength. Amen. 

LORD, begin, we beseech thee, prosper, 



V-/ and finish every good work whereunto thou 
hast appointed us. Grant us so to realize thy 
protecting presence that we may cease to tremble 
at man's anger or shrink from man's ridicule, but 






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may with a good courage perform the work thou 
givest us to do, and, after we have suffered, may 
enter into rest. Amen. 



GOD, the Lord that hath mercy, teach our 



V^/ hearts to sing for joy when our lips sing 
praises unto thee for all thy mercies. Banish, we 
pray thee, from our souls gloom, discontent, and 
fear, and make thy love of us and our love of 
thee to be in us joy, confidence, and full satisfac- 
tion ; and unto thee do we render all glory and 
honor, world without end. Amen. 



LMIGHTY GOD, the Fountain of all wis- 



dom, who knowest our necessities before 
we ask and our ignorance in asking, we beseech 
thee to have compassion upon our infirmities ; 
and those things which for our unworthiness we 
dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, 
vouchsafe to give us through thine infinite mercy. 



BE thou, O Lord, our protection, who art our 
redemption ; direct our minds by thy gra- 
cious presence, and watch over our paths with 
guiding love, that, among the snares which lie 
hidden in this path wherein we walk, we may so 
pass onward with hearts fixed on thee that by the 
way of faith we may come to be where thou 
wouldest have us. Amen. 





Amen. 



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HQU our Life and Light, direct our steps 



X into the way of peace, and strengthen our 
hearts to obey thy commands ; may the Dayspring 
from on high visit us, and give light to those who 
sit in darkness and the shadow of death, that they 
may adore thee for thy mercy, follow thee for thy 
truth, desire thee, for thy loving-kindness, who art 
the blessed Lord God eternal. Amen. 

(~\ LORD, grant that the grace of charity and 



V_y brotherly love may dwell in us, and all envy, 
harshness, and ill-will may die in us ; and fill our 
hearts with such kindness that by constantly re- 
joicing in the happiness and good success of 
others, and putting away all envious thoughts, we 
may follow thee, who art thyself the true and per- 
fect love. Amen. 

GOD, who through the grace of thy Holy 



Spirit dost pour the gifts of charity into the 
hearts of thy faithful people, grant unto thy ser- 
vants health both of mind and body, that they may 
love thee with their whole strength, and with their 
whole heart perform those things which are pleas- 
ing unto thee. Amen. 






OLORD, we entreat thee, give us grace to 
work while it is day, fulfilling diligently and 
patiently whatever duty thou appointest us, doing 



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small things in the day of small things, and great 
labors if thou dost summon us to any ; rising and 
working, sitting still and suffering, according to 
thy word, as disciples of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all Holy 
Scriptures to be written for our learning, 
grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, 
mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that, by 
patience and comfort of thy holy word, we may 
embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of 
everlasting life which thou hast given us. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast 
given unto us thy servants grace, by the 
confession of a true faith, to acknowledge thy 
glory, and in the power of the divine majesty to 
worship thee : keep us steadfast in this faith, and 
evermore defend us from all adversities, O thou 
who livest and reignest, one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order 
the unruly wills and affections of sinful 
men, grant unto thy people that they may love 
the thing which thou commandest, and desire that 
which thou dost promise, that so, among the 
sundry and manifold changes of the world, our 
hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys 
are to be found. Amen. 



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ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art al- 
ways more ready to hear than we to pray, 
and art wont to give more than we either desire 
or deserve : pour down upon us the abundance of 
thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof we 
by conscience are accused, and giving us those 
good things which we are not worthy to ask. 
Amen. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have 
no power of ourselves to help ourselves, 
keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly 
in our souls, that we may be defended from all 
adversities which may happen to the body, and 
from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt 
the soul. Amen. 

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that 
the words which we have heard this day 
with our outward ears may, through thy grace, be 
so grafted inwardly in our hearts that they may 
bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the 
honor and praise of thy name. Amen. 

OLORD, who hast taught us that all our do- 
ings without charity are nothing worth, 
send thy holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that 
most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of 
peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever 
liveth is counted dead before thee. Amen. 



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OGOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, 
without whom nothing is strong, nothing 
is holy : increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, 
that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so 
pass through things temporal that we finally lose 
not the things eternal. Amen. 

OGOD, who knowest us to be set in the 
midst of so many and great dangers, that 
by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot 
always stand upright : grant to us such strength 
and protection as may support us in all dangers, 
and carry us through all temptations. Amen. 

OGOD, who bestowest thy mercy at all times 
on them that love thee, and in no place art 
distant from them that serve thee : direct the way 
of thy servants in thy will, that, having thee for 
their Protector and Guide, they may walk without 
stumbling in the paths of righteousness. Amen. 

OLORD, who art full of compassion and gra- 
cious, grant us who love thee such patience 
and forbearance with all sufferers, gracious or 
ungracious, grateful or ungrateful, that in our 
stumbling walk and scant measure they may yet 
discern a vestige of thee, and give thee the glory. 
Amen. 



THANKSGIVINGS AND PRAYERS 



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THOU who chastenest whom thou lovest, 



grant us grace, we pray thee, to discern 
thy love in whatever suffering thou sendest us. 
Support us in patient thankfulness under pain, 
anxiety, or loss, and move us with pity and ten- 
derness for others in affliction. Amen. 

T ORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church 



1 ^ Universal in continual godliness, that 
through thy protection it may be free from all ad- 
versities and devoutly given to serve thee in good 
works, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. 

BLESS this thy family, O Lord, and fill them 
with thy spiritual gifts. Grant them love, 
joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, that, being filled with thy holy Spirit, they 
may be thine for evermore. Amen. 

"\ T 7E beseech thee, O Lord, that thou wouldst 



V V keep our tongues from evil and our lips 
from speaking guile, that, as thy holy angels ever 
sing thy praises in heaven, so with our tongues 
may we at all times glorify thee on earth. Amen. 






ALMIGHTY and merciful God, who wiliest 
not the souls of sinners to perish, but their 
faults : pour out upon us the forgiveness which we 



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entreat, that through thy mercy we may pass 
from mourning into joy. Amen. 

BE thou, Lord, ever with us, within and with- 
out, to strengthen and guard, to guide and 
stablish us : then shall we be thy loving children, 
and thou our divine Father; and our lives shall 
be service and joy both now and for evermore. 
Amen. 

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, unto 
us who know that we are weak, and who 
trust in thee because we know that thou art 
strong, the gladsome help of thy loving-kindness, 
both here in time and hereafter in eternity. 
Amen. 

OLORD, from whom all good things do come, 
grant to us, thy humble servants, that by 
thy holy inspiration we may think those things 
that are good, and by thy merciful guiding may 
perform the same. Amen. 

OLORD, we beseech thee merciful. y to re- 
ceive the prayers of thy people who call 
upon thee ; and grant that they may both per- 
ceive and know what things they ought to do, and 
also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil 
the same. Amen. 



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LORD of all power and might, who art the 
author and giver of all good things : graft 
in our hearts the love of thy name, increase in us 
true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of 
thy great mercy keep us in the same. Amen. 

OGOD, who art pleased to hearken unto the 
prayers of thy children : grant us to grow 
daily in the love of thee, and to rejoice in thy 
protection, that we may serve thee with a quiet 
mind, and evermore abide in thy peace. Amen. 

OGOD, the Life of the faithful, the Saviour 
and Guardian of those that love thee, in- 
crease in us grace, mercy, and peace, that, having 
by thy favor been carried through a happy life, 
we may at last attain to the height of heavenly 
joy. Amen. 

GRANT us, O Lord, we beseech thee, always 
to seek thy kingdom and righteousness, 
and of whatsoever thou seest us to stand in need 
mercifully grant us an abundant portion.* Amen, 

OGOD, who chastisest us in thy love, and re- 
freshest us amid thy chastening, grant that 
we may ever be able to give thee thanks for both. 
Amen. 



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LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost 



-ZjL govern all things in heaven and earth, 
mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, 
and grant us thy peace all the days of our life. 
Amen. 

C A RANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to 
T thy faithful people pardon and peace, that 
they may be cleansed from all their sins, and 
serve thee with a quiet mind. Amen. 

MAKE us, O Lord, to flourish like pure lilies 
in the courts of thine house, and to show 
forth the fragrance of good works and the example 
of a godly life. Amen. 

OGOD, the renewer and lover of innocency, 
turn the hearts of all thy servants to thy- 
self, that they may be found ever rooted in faith 
and fruitful in works. Amen. 




SELECTIONS 

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FIRST SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm I. 

DLESSED is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 
scornful. 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in 
his law doth he meditate day and night. 

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers 
of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; 
his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he 
doeth shall prosper. 

The ungodly are not so : but are like the chaff 
which the wind driveth away. 

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judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : 
but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 



ORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! 



many are they that rise up against me. 
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no 
help for him in God. 

But thou, O* Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, 
and the lifter up of mine head. 

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard 
me out of his holy hill. 

I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the 
Lord sustained me. 

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy blessing 
is upon thy people. 



TJ EAR me when I call, O God of my righteous- 
ness : thou hast enlarged me when I was in 
distress ; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 

Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is 
godly for himself : the Lord will hear when I call 
unto him. 

Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your 
own heart upon your bed, and be still. 



Psalm III. 




Psalm IV. 



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Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your 
trust in the Lord. 

There be many that say, Who will show us any 
good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy counte- 
nance upon us. 

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for 
thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 



IVE ear to my words, O Lord ; consider my 



meditation. 

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and 
my God : for unto thee will I pray. 

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; 
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, 
and will look up. 

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in 
wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the 
multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I wor- 
ship toward thy holy temple. 

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness ; make thy 
way straight before my face. 

Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice : 
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest 
them: let them also that love thy name be joyful 
in thee. 

For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; with 
favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 



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II. 

Psalm VII. 

LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust : 
save me and deliver me. 
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an 
end; but establish the just: for the righteous God 
trieth the hearts. 

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright 
in heart. 

I will praise the Lord according to his righteous- 
ness : and will sing praise to the name of the Lord 
most high. 

Psalm VIII. 

f\ LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in 
all the earth ! who hast set thy glory above the 
heavens. 

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast 
thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, 
that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 

When I consider thy heavens the work of thy 
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast 
ordained ; 

What is man that thou art mindful of him ? and 
the son of man that thou visitest him ? 

For thou hast made him a little lower than the 
angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. 



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III 



Thou madest him to have dominion over the works 
of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : 

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the 
field ; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the 
seas. 

0 Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all 
the earth ! 

SECOND SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm IX. 

T WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole 
heart ; I will show forth all thy marvellous 
works. 

1 will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing 
praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 

The Lord shall endure for ever : he hath prepared 
his throne for judgment. 

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he 
shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, 
a refuge in times of trouble. 

And they that know thy name will put their trust 
in thee : for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that 
seek thee. 

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declare among the people his doings. He forgetteth 
not the cry of the humble. 

Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trou- 
ble, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death : 

That I may shew forth all thy praise, in the gates 
of the daughter of Zion : I will rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the 
expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 



VyHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why 
hidest thou thyself in times of trouble ? 
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor : 
let them be taken in the devices that they have 
imagined. 

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and 
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God : God is not in all his 
thoughts. 

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten : he 
hideth his face ; he will never see it. 

Arise, O Lord ; O God, lift up thine hand : forget 
not the humble. 

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? he 
hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 

The poor committeth himself unto thee ; thou art 
the helper of the fatherless. 



Psalm X. 




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Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble : 
thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 
ear to hear : 

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that 
the man of the earth may no more oppress. 

Psalm XL 

T N the Lord put I my trust : how say ye to my 
soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain ? 

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the 
righteous do ? 

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne 
is in heaven : his eyes behold the children of men. 

For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness ; his 
countenance doth behold the upright. 



II. 

Psalm XII. 

T | ELP, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth ; for the 
faithful fail from among the children of men. 

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of 
the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord. 

The words of the Lord are pure words : as silver 
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt pre- 
serve them for ever. 



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Psalm XIII. 

U OW long shall I take counsel in my soul, 

having sorrow in my heart daily ? 
. Consider and hear me, O Lord my God : lighten 
mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. 

I have trusted in thy mercy ; my heart shall 
rejoice in thy salvation. 

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt 
bountifully with me. 

Psalm XIV. 

HPHE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 

They are corrupt, they have done abominable 
works. 

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? 
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call 
not upon the Lord. 

There were they in great fear : for God is in the 
generation of the righteous. 

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because 
the Lord is his refuge. 

Psalm XV. 

T ORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who* 
shall dwell in thy holy hill? 

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteous- 
ness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth 
evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against 
his neighbor. 



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He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 
not. He that doeth these things shall never be 
moved. 



THIRD SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XVI. 

PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee do I put my 
f trust. 

Oh, my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art 
my Lord. 

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and 
of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. 

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; 
yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel. 
I have set the Lord always before me : because he 
is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : 
my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, 
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see cor- 
ruption. 

Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy pres- 
ence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are 
pleasures for evermore. 



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Psalm XVII 

T T EAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry ; 

give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out 
of feigned lips. 

Thou hast proved mine heart ; I am purposed that 
my mouth shall not transgress. 

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy 
lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps 
slip not. 

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O 
God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 

Show thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that 
savest by thy right hand them which put their trust 
in thee. 

Keep me as the apple of the eye ; hide me under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

Arise, O Lord, deliver my soul from the wicked, 
which is thy sword : 

From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men 
of the world, which have their portion in this life. 

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteous- 
ness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy 
likeness. 



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II. 

Psalm XVIII. 

T WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my 
deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will 
trust. 

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be 
praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the 
floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 

The sorrows of hell compassed me about : the 
snares of death prevented me. 

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried 
unto my God : he heard my voice, and my cry came 
before him. 

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out 
of many waters. 

He brought me forth also into a large place ; he 
delivered me, because he delighted in me. 

For all his judgments were before me, and I did 
not put away his statutes from me. 

Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me accord- 
ing to my righteousness, according to the cleanness 
of my hands in his eyesight. 

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merci- 
ful ; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself up- 
right ; with the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; 
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For thou wilt light mv candle : the Lord my God 
will enlighten my darkness. 

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the 
Lord is tried : he is a buckler to all those that trust 
in him. 

For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock 
save our God ? 

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and mak- 
eth my way perfect. 

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salva- 
tion : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and 
thy gentleness hath made me great. 

The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my Rock ; and 
let the God of my salvation be exalted. 

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, 
and sing praises unto thy name. 



HE heavens declare the glory of God; and the 



firmament sheweth his handywork. 
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto 
night sheweth knowledge. 

There is no speech nor language ; their voice is 
not heard. 



FOURTH SELECTION. 



I. 



Psalm XIX. 




FOURTH SELECTION 



II 9 



Their line is gone out through all the earth, and 
their words to the end of the world. In them hath 
he set a tabernacle for the sun, 

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his cham- 
ber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, 
and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is 
nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making 
wise the simple. 

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, en- 
lightening the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous 
altogether. 

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 
much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the 
honeycomb. 

Moreover by them is thy servant warned : and in 
keeping of them there is great reward. 

Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults. 

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous 
sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then 
shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the 
great transgression. 

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of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength, and my redeemer. 

Psalm XXIII. 

T'HE Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. He 
maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he 
leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art 
with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the 
days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the 
Lord for ever. 

Psalm XXIV. 

T'HE earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell therein. 

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and estab- 
lished it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or 
who shall stand in his holy place ? 

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; 

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor 
sworn deceitfully. 

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 



FOURTH SELECTION I 2 I 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lifted 
up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Who is this King of glory ? The Lord strong and 
mighty. The Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, 
ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, 
he is the King of glory. 



II. 

Psalm XXV. 

T T NTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. O my 
God, I trust in thee : let me not be ashamed. 

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed : let 
them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 

Show me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. 

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art 
the God of my salvation. 

Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. 

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my 
transgressions: according to thy mercy remember 
thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 

Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he 
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The meek will he guide in judgment: and the 
meek will he teach his way. 

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth 
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine in- 
iquity ; for it is great. 

What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall 
he teach in the way that he shall choose. 

His soul shall dwell at ease ; and his seed shall 
inherit the earth. 

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him ; and he will show them his covenant. 

Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; for he shall 
pluck my feet out of the net. 

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for 
I am desolate and afflicted. 

The troubles of my heart are enlarged : Oh bring 
thou me out of my distresses. 

Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; and 
forgive all my sins. 

O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be 
ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee. 

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I 
wait on thee. 

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 



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FIFTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXVI. 

JUDGE me, O Lord ; for I have walked in mine 
integrity : I have trusted also in the Lord ; 
therefore I shall not slide. 

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; for thy lov- 
ing-kindness is before mine eyes : and I have walked 
in thy truth. 

I will wash mine hands in innocency : so will I 
compass thine altar, O Lord : 

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, 
and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, 
and the place where thine honor dwelleth. 

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with 
bloody men : 

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand 
is full of bribes. 

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity : re- 
deem me, and be merciful unto me. 

Psalm XXVII. 

'THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom 
shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my 
life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

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heart shall not fear : though war should rise against 
me, in this will I be confident. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I 
seek after : that I may dwell in the house of the 
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty 
of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his 
pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he 
hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices 
of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the 
Lord. 

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have 
mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; my heart 
said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

Hide not thy face far from me ; thou hast been 
my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God 
of my salvation. 

When my father and my mother forsake me, then 
the Lord will take me up. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain 
path, because of mine enemies. 

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the 
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 

Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I say, on the 
Lord. 



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Psalm XXVIII. 

T T NTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be not 
silent to me. 

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry 
unto thee. 

Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the 
voice of my supplications. 

The Lord is my strength and my shield ; my heart 
trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore my heart 
greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise 
him. 

The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving 
strength of his anointed. 

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance : feed 
them also, and lift them up for ever. 



II. 

Psalm XXIX. 

IVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the 
Lord glory and strength. 
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name ; 
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : the 
God of glory thundereth : the Lord is upon many 
waters. 

The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of 
the Lord is full of majesty. 



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The Lord sitteth upon the flood ; yea, the Lord 
sitteth King for ever. 

The Lord will give strength unto his people ; the 
Lord will bless his people with peace. 

Psalm XXX. 

T WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast lifted 
me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice 
over me. 

0 Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast 
healed me. 

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give 
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

In his favor is life : weeping may endure for a 
night, but joy cometh in the morning. 

In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 

Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain 
to stand strong : thou didst hide thy face, and I was 
troubled. 

1 cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I 
made supplication. 

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, 
be thou my helper. 

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into danc- 
ing : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me 
with gladness. 

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for 
ever. 



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SIXTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXXI. 

T N thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me never 
be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness. 
Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : 
be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to 
save me. 

For thou art my rock and my fortress ; therefore 
for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 

Into thine hand I commit my, spirit : thou hast 
redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou 
hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my 
soul in adversities. 

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am m trouble. 
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with 
sighing. 

But I trusted in thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art. 
my God. My times are in thy hand. 

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : save me 
for thy mercies' sake. 

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast 
laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast 
wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons 
of men ! 

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ence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them 
secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 

Blessed be the Lord : for he hath shewed me his 
marvellous kindness in a strong city. 

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before 
thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of 
my supplications when'I cried unto thee. 

Oh, love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord 
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the 
proud doer. 

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your 
heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. 

Psalm XXXII. 

"DLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, 
whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth 
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine in- 
iquity have I not hid. 

I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the 
Lord ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto 
thee in a time when thou mayest be found. 

Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not 
come nigh unto him. 

Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me 
from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with 
songs of deliverance. 



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I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way 
which thou shalt go : I will guide thee with mine eye. 

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that 
trusteth* in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: 
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 



II. 

Psalm XXXIII. 

T3 EjOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : for praise 
is comely for the upright. 

For the word of the Lord is right ; and all his 
works are done in truth. 

He ioveth righteousness and judgment : the earth 
is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as 
a heap : he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 

Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabi- 
tants of the world stand in awe of him. 

For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, 
and it stood fast. 

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

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and the people whom he hath chosen for his own 
inheritance. 

The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all 
the sons of men. 

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon 
all the inhabitants of the earth. 

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that 
fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy ; 

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep 
them alive in famine. 

Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help and 
our shield. 

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we 
have trusted in his holy name. 

Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as 
we hope in thee. 



SEVENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXXIV. 

T WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise 
shall continually be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the 
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his 
name together. 



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I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and deliv- 
ered me from all my fears. 

They looked unto him, and were lightened : and 
their faces were not ashamed. 

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and 
saved him out of all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is 
the man that trusteth in him. 

Oh, fear the Lord, ye his saints : for there is no 
want to them that fear him. 

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but 
they that seek the Lord shall not want any good 
thing. 

Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I will teach 
you the fear of the Lord. 

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth 
many days, that he may see good ? 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
speaking guile. 

Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and 
pursue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and 
his ears are open unto their cry. 

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and de- 
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The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 

Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the 
Lord delivereth him out of them all. 

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants : and 
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 



HY mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; and thy 



faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; 
thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou 
preservest man and beast. 

How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God ! 
therefore the children of men put their trust under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

They shall be abundantly satisfied ; and thou shalt 
make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 

For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light 
shall we see light. 

Oh, continue thy loving-kindness unto them that 
know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in 
heart. 



Psalm XXXVII. 

RET not thyself because of evil doers, neither 
be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 



Psalm XXXVI. 




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Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall 
give thee the desires of thine heart. 

Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in 
him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the 
light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret 
not thyself because of him who prospereth in his 
way, because of the man who bringeth wicked de- 
vices to pass. 

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : fret not 
thyself in any wise to do evil. 

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: 
yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it 
shall not be. 

But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall 
delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 

A little that a righteous man hath is better than 
the riches of many wicked. 

The Lord knoweth the days of the upright : and 
their inheritance shall be for ever. 

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and 
in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : but 
the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : 
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Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: 
for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 

I have been young, and now am old ; yet have 
I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed 
begging bread. 

Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for 
evermore. 

For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not 
his saints ; they are preserved for ever. 

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell 
therein for ever. 

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and 
his tongue talketh of judgment. 

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his 
steps shall slide. 

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spread- 
ing himself like a green bay tree. 

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, I 
sought him, but he could not be found. 

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
for the end of that man is peace. 

The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord : he 
is their strength in the time of trouble. 

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them : 
he shall save them, because they trust in him. 



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EIGHTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXXVIII. 

TV yT INE iniquities are gone over mine head : as 
a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 

I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go 
mourning all the day long. 

Lord, all my desire is before thee ; and my groan- 
ing is not hid from thee. 

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for 
the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 

In thee, O Lord, do I hope : thou wilt hear, O 
Lord my God. 

I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually 
before me. 

For I will declare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry 
for my sin. 

They also that render evil for good are mine ad- 
versaries ; because I follow the thing that good is. 

Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far 
from me. 

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. 

Psalm XXXIX. 

T SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin 
not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with 
a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 



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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even 
from good ; and my sorrow was stirred. 

My heart was hot within me; while I was musing 
the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meas- 
ure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how 
frail I am. 

Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand- 
breadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee : 
verily every man at his best state is altogether 
vanity. 

Surely every man walketh in a vain show : surely 
they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, 
and knoweth not who shall gather them. 

And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in 
thee. 

Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me 
not the reproach of the foolish. 

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. 

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for 
iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away 
like a moth : surely every man is vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my 
cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am a 
stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers 
were. 

Oh, spare me, that I may recover strength, before I 
go hence, and be no more. 



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II. 

Psalm XL. 

T WAITED patiently for the Lord ; and he in- 
clined unto me, and heard my cry. 

He brought me up also out of the miry clay, and 
set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even 
praise unto our God : many shall see it, and fear, 
and shall trust in the Lord. 

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his 
trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn 
aside to lies. 

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works 
which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are 
to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order 
unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them, 
they are more than can be numbered. 

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; mine 
ears hast thou opened : burnt offering and sin offer- 
ing hast thou not required. 

Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the 
book it is written of me, 

I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law 
is within my heart. 

I have preached righteousness in the great con- 
gregation : lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, 
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I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; 
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: 
I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy 
truth from the great congregation. 

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, 
O Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth con- 
tinually preserve me. 

For innumerable evils have compassed me about : 
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I 
am not able to look up ; therefore my heart faileth 
me. 

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in 
thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually, 
The Lord be magnified. 

But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh 
upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make 
no tarrying, O my God. 



NINTH SELECTION. 



Psalm XLL 

DLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the 
Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive ; 
and he shall be blessed upon the earth. 

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of 



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139 



languishing : thou wilt make all his bed in his sick- 
ness. 

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me : heal my soul ; 
for I have sinned against thee. 

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise 
me up. 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlast- 
ing, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 



S the hart panteth after the water brooks, so 



panteth my soul after thee, O God. 
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : 
when shall I come and appear before God ? 

My tears have been my meat day and night, while 
they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ? 

When I remember these things, I pour out my 
soul in * me : 

For I had gone with the multitude, I went with 
them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and 
praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art 
thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for I 
shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water- 
spouts : all thy waves and thy billows are gone over 
me. 

Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in 



Psalm XLII. 




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the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with 
me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art 
thou disquieted within me? 

Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, who 
is the health of my countenance, and my God. 



JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause : for thou 
art the God of my strength. 
Oh, send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead 
me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to 
thy tabernacles. 

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God 
my exceeding joy : 

Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my 



Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art 
thou disquieted within me ? 

Hope in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is 
the health of my countenance, and my God. 



Psalm XLVI. 

OD is our refuge and strength, a very present 



help in trouble. 
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be 



Psalm XLIII. 



God. 



II. 




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removed, and though the mountains be carried into 
the midst of the sea ; 

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, 
though the mountains shake with the swelling 
thereof. 

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make 
glad the city of God, the holy place of the taber- 
nacles of the Most High. 

God is in the midst of her ; she shall not be 
moved : God shall help her, and that right early. 

The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is 
our refuge. 

Come, behold the works of the Lord, what deso- 
lations he hath made in the earth. 

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the 
earth ; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear 
in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 

Be still, and know that I am God : I will be ex- 
alted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the 
earth. 

The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob 
is our refuge. 



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TENTH SELECTION. 



I. 



Psalm XLVIII. 



REAT is the Lord, and greatly to be praised 



in the city of our God, in the mountain of his 
holiness. 

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, 
is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of 
the great King. 

We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, 
in the midst of thy temple. 

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise 
unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of 
righteousness. 

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of 
Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 

Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell 
the towers thereof. 

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces ; 
that ye may tell it to the generation following. 

For God is our God for ever and ever : he will be 
our guide even unto death. 

Psalm XLIX. 

IT EAR this, all ye people ; give ear, all ye in- 
habitants of the world : 
Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 




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My mouth shall speak of wisdom ; and the medi- 
tation of my heart shall be of understanding. 

They that trust in their wealth, and boast them- 
selves in the multitude of their riches ; 

None of them can by any means redeem his 
brother, nor give to God a ransom for him : 

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall 
continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all 
generations ; they call their lands after their own 
names. 

Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not : he 
is like the beasts that perish. 

But God will redeem my soul from the power of 
the grave : for he shall receive me. 

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when 
the glory of his house is increased ; 

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : 
his glory shall not descend after him. 

Though while he lived he blessed his soul (and 
men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thy- 
self), he shall go to the generation of his fathers. 

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is 
like the beasts that perish. 

II. 

Psalm L. 

'THE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, 
and called the earth from the rising of the 
sun unto the going down thereof. 



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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath 
shined. 

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. 

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to 
the earth, that he may judge his people. 

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ; 
for God is judge himself. 

Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; O Israel, 
and I will testify against thee : I am God, even thy 
God. 

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy 
burnt offerings continually before me. 

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the 
world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

Offer unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows 
unto the Most High : 

And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will 
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou 
to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest 
take my covenant in thy mouth ? „ 

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my 
words behind thee. 

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue 
frameth deceit. 

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother ; 
thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: 
thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself; 



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but I will reprove thee, and set them in order be- 
fore thine eyes. 

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me : and to him 
that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the 
salvation of God. 

ELEVENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LI. 

T T AVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy 
loving-kindness : according unto the multitude 
of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin. 

For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my 
sin is ever before me. 

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight. 

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
♦and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 
wisdom. 

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : wash 
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones 
which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. 



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Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and 
uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

O Lord, open thou my lips ; and my mouth shall 
show forth thy praise. 

For thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give 
it : thou delightest not in burnt offering. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken 
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 



IVE ear to my prayer, O God ; and hide not 



thyself from my supplication. 
Attend unto me, and hear me : I mourn in my 
complaint. 

My heart is sore pained within me : and the ter- 
rors of death are fallen upon me. 

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and 
horror hath overwhelmed me. 

And I said, Oh that. I had wings like a dove ! for 
then would I fly away, and be at rest. 

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the 
wilderness. 

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm 
and tempest. 



Psalm LV. 




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147 



As for me, I will call upon God ; and the Lord 
shall save me. 

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, 
and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice. 

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the 
battle that was against me : for there were many 
with me. 

God shall hear, even he that abideth of old. Be- 
cause they have no changes, therefore they fear not 
God. 

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus- 
tain thee : he shall never suffer the righteous to be 
moved. 

II. 

Psalm LVI. 

T)E merciful unto me, O God: for they be many 
that fight against me, O thou Most High. 

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put 
my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies 
turn back : this I know ; for God is for me. 

In God will I praise his word : in God have I put 
my trust : I will not be afraid what man can do unto 
me. 

For thou hast delivered my soul from death : wilt 
not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may 
walk before God in the light of the living? 



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Psalm LVII. 

DE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto 
me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the 
shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until 
these calamities be overpast. 

I will cry unto God most high ; unto God that per- 
formeth all things for me. 

He shall send from heaven, and save me. God 
shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ; let 
thy glory be above all the earth. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will 
sing and give praise. 

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people : I 
will sing unto thee among the nations. 

For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy 
truth unto the clouds. 

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let 
thy glory be above all the earth. 

TWELFTH SELECTION. 

L 

Psalm LXI. 

T T EAR my cry, O God ; attend unto my prayer : 
from the end of the earth will -I cry unto 
thee, when my heart is overwhelmed. 
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 



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For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong 
tower from the enemy. 

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I will trust 
in the covert of thy wings. 

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows : thou hast 
given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I 
may daily perform my vows. 



RULY my soul waiteth upon God : from him 



cometh my salvation. 
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my 
defence ; I shall not be greatly moved. 

My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my expec- 
tation is from him. 

He only is my rock and my salvation : he is my 
defence ; I shall not be moved. 

In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock of 
my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 

Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out 
your heart before him : God is a refuge for us. 

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in 
robbery. 

If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 

God hath spoken once ; twice have I heard this ; 
that power belongeth unto God. 

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy : for 
thou renderest to every man according to his work. 



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Psalm LXITT. 

^\ GOD, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : 
my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth 
for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; 

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen 
thee in the sanctuary. 

Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my 
lips shall praise thee. 

Thus will I bless thee while I live : I will lift up 
my hands in thy name. 

My soul shall be satisfied ; and my mouth shall 
praise thee with joyful lips : 

When I remember thee upon my bed, and medi- 
tate on thee in the night watches. 

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the 
shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

My soul followeth hard after thee : thy right hand 
upholdeth me. 



II. 

Psalm LXV. 

T3RAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion : and 
unto thee shall the vow be performed. 
Oh, thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all 
flesh come. 

Iniquities prevail against me : as for our trans- 
gressions, thou shalt purge them away. 



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Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and 
causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in 
thy courts. 

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy 
house, even of thy holy temple. 

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou 
answer us, O God of our salvation ; who art the con- 
fidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that 
are afar off upon the sea : 

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; 
being girded with power : 

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of 
their waves, and the tumult of the people. 

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are 
afraid at thy tokens : thou makest the outgoings of 
the morning and evening to rejoice. 

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou 
greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is 
full of water : thou preparest them corn, when thou 
hast so provided for it. 

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : 
thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it 
soft with showers : thou blessest the springing 
thereof. 

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and 
thy paths drop fatness. 

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : 
and the little hills rejoice on every side. 

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also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, 
they also sing. 

THIRTEENTH SELECTION. 

I. 

Psalm LXVI. 

A /T AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 
sing forth the honor of his name : make his 
praise glorious. 

All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing 
unto thee ; they shall sing to thy name. 

He ruleth by his power for ever ; his eyes behold 
the nations : let not the rebellious exalt themselves. 

Oh, bless our God, ye people, and make the voice 
of his praise to be heard : 

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not 
our feet to be moved. 

For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou hast tried 
us, as silver is tried. 

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will 
declare what he hath done for my soul. 

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was 
extolled with my tongue. 

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not 
hear me : but verily God hath heard me ; he hath 
attended to the voice of my prayer. 

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my 
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Psalm LXVII. 

OD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; and cause 
his face to shine upon us ; that thy way may 
be known upon earth, thy saving health among all 
nations. 

Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the 
people praise thee. 

Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy : for 
thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern 
the nations upon earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the 
people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth yield her increase ; and God, 
even our own God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth 
shall fear him. 



ET the righteous be glad; let them rejoice be- 



fore God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name : 
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the 
widows, is God in his holy habitation. 

God setteth the solitary in families : he bringeth 
out those which are bound with chains. 

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou 
didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 



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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : thou, O 
God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 

The Lord gave the word : great was the company 
of those that published it. 

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captiv- 
ity captive : thou hast received gifts for men. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with 
benefits, even the God of our salvation. 

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and 
unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth ; O sing 
praises unto the Lord ; 

The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and 
power unto his people. Blessed be God. 



Psalm LXX. 

TV /TAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste 
to help me, O Lord. 

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in 
thee : and let such as love thy salvation say continu- 
ally, Let God be magnified. 

But I am poor and needy ; make haste unto me, 
O God. 

Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make 
no tarrying. 



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Psalm LXXI. 

TN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never 
be put to confusion. 

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to 
escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may 
continually resort : thou hast given commandment 
to save me ; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 

For thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou art my 
trust from my youth. 

I am as a wonder unto many ; but thou art my 
strong refuge. 

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with 
thy honor all the day. 

Cast me not off in the time of old age ; forsake 
me not when my strength faileth. 

0 God, be not far from me : O my God, make 
haste for my help. 

1 will hope continually, and will yet praise thee 
more and more. 

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and 
thy salvation all the day. 



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I will go in the strength of the Lord God : I 
will make mention of thy righteousness, even of 
thine only. 

0 God, thou hast taught me from my youth : and 
hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 

Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, 
forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength 
unto this generation, and thy power to every one 
that is to come. 

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who 
hast done great things : O God, who is like unto 
thee ! 

Thou, which hast showed me great and sore 
troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring 
me up again from the depths of the earth. 

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me 
on every side. 

1 will also praise thy truth, O my God : unto thee 
will I sing, O thou Holy One of Israel. 

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto 
thee ; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 



Psalm LXXIII. 

RULY God is good to Israel, even to such as 



are of a clean heart. 
But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my 
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For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the 
prosperity of the wicked. 

For there are no bands in their death : but their 
strength is firm. 

They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are 
they plagued like other men. 

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a 
chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 

And they say, How doth God know ? and is there 
knowledge in the Most High ? 

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the 
world ; they increase in riches. 

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and 
washed my hands in rnnocency. 

For all the day long have I been plagued, and 
chastened every morning. 

When I thought to know this, it was too painful 
for me ; 

Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then 
understood I their end. 

Nevertheless I am continually with thee : thou 
hast holden me by my right hand. 

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and after- 
ward receive me to glory. 

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is 
none upon earth that I desire besides thee. 

My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the 
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 

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But it is good for me to draw near to God : I have 
put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all 
thy works. 



II. 

Psalm LXXVII. 

T CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God 
with my voice ; and he gave ear unto me. 

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my 
soul refused to be comforted. 

I remembered God, and was troubled : I com- 
plained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. 

Thou holdest mine eyes waking : I am so troubled 
that I cannot speak. 

I have considered the days of old, the years of 
ancient times. 

I call to remembrance my song in the night : I 
commune with mine own heart : and my spirit made 
diligent search. 

Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be 
favorable no more ? 

Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise 
fail for evermore ? 

Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in 
anger shut up his tender mercies ? 

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member the years of the right hand of the Most 
High. 

I will remember the works of the Lord : surely I 
will remember thy wonders of old. 

I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of 
thy doings. 

Thou art the God that doest wonders : thou hast 
declared thy strength among the people. 

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great 
waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 



IVE ear, O my people, to my law : incline your 



ears to the words of my mouth. 
I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter 
dark sayings of old : 

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers 
have told us. 

We will not hide them from their children, showing 
to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, 
and his strength, and his wonderful works that he 
hath done. 



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For he established a testimony in Jacob, and ap- 
pointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our 
fathers, that they should make them known to their 
children : 

That the generation to come might know them, 
even the children which should be born ; who should 
arise and declare them to their children : 

That they might set their hope in God, and not 
forget the works of God, but keep his command- 
ments : 

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and 
rebellious generation ; a generation that set not 
their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stead- 
fast with God. 

Psalm LXXIX. 

/^\H, remember not against us former iniquities: 
let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us ; 
for we are brought very low. 

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of 
thy name : and deliver us, and purge away our sins, 
for thy name's sake. 

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; 
according to the greatness of thy power preserve 
thou those that are apppointed to die ; 

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will 
give thee thanks for ever : we will show forth thy 
praise to all generations. 



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Psalm LXXXIV. 

T T OW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
n hosts ! 

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts 
of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for 
the living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the 
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her 
voung, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, 
and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they 
will be still praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; 

In whose heart are the ways of them who passing 
through the valley of weeping make it a well. 

They go from strength to strength, every one of 
them in Zion appeareth before God. 

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : give ear, 

0 God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face 
of thine anointed. 

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 

1 had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord 
will give grace and glory : no good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk uprightly. 



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0 Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth 
in thee. 

II. 

Psalm LXXXV. 

T ORD, thou hast been favorable unto thy land ; 

thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people ; 
thou hast covered all their sin. 

Wilt thou not revive us again : that thy people 
may rejoice in thee ? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 
and grant us thy salvation. 

1 will hear what God the Lord will speak : for he 
will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints : 
but let them not turn again to folly. 

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; 
that glory may dwell in our land. 

Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and right- 
eousness shall look down from heaven. 

Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; and 
our land shall yield her increase. 

Righteousness shall go before him ; and shall set 
us in the way of his steps. 



Psalm LXXXVL 

OW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me : for I am 
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Preserve my soul ; O thou my God, save thy ser- 
vant that trusteth in thee. 

Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry unto thee 
daily. 

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O 
Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; 
and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. 

Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and attend to 
the voice of my supplications. 

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee : 
for thou wilt answer me. 

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and 
worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy 
name. 

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : 
thou art God alone. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy 
truth : unite my heart to fear thy name. 

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my 
heart : and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 

For great is thy mercy toward me ; thou hast de- 
livered my soul. 

Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and 
gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and 
truth. 

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thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of 
thine handmaid. 

SIXTEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LXXXIX. 

T WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever : 
with my mouth will I make known thy faithful- 
ness to all generations. 

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever : 
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very 
heavens. 

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O 
Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of 
the saints. 

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the 
saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that 
are about him. 

O Lord God of hosts, who is a» strong Lord like 
unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? 

Thou rulest the raging of the sea : when the 
waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : as 
for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast 
founded them. 

The north and the south thou hast created them : 
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : 
they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in 
thy righteousness shall they be exalted ; for thou art 
the glory of their strength. 

The Lord is our defence. Blessed be the Lord 
for evermore. Amen, and Amen, 



ORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all 



generations. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even 
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yes- 
terday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 

Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are 
as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which 
groweth up. 

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in 
the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our 
secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 

The days of our years are threescore years and 
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years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it 
is soon cut off, and we fly away. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; that we may 
rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Make us glad according to the clays wherein thou 
hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have 
seen evil. 

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy 
glory unto their children. 

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon 
us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon 
us ; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 



II. 

Psalm XCI. 

IT E that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
High shall abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my 
fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the 
fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under 
his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy 
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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; 
nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; 
nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand 
at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. 

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my 
refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation ; 

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any 
plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to 
keep thee in all thy ways. 

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore 
will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because 
he hath known my name. 

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I 
will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and 
honor him. 

With long life will I satisfy him, and show him 
my salvation. 



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SEVENTEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XCIL 

TT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most 
High: 

To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, 
and thy faithfulness every night. 

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy 
work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 

O Lord, how great are thy works ! and thy 
thoughts are very deep. 

A brutish man knoweth not ; neither doth a fool 
understand this. 

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : he 
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 

Those that be planted in the house of the Lord 
shall flourish in the courts of our God ; they shall 
still bring forth fruit in old age ; 

To shew that the Lord is upright : he is my rock, 
and there is no unrighteousness in him. 

Psalm XCIII. 

HPHE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; 

the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith 
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The world also is stablished, that it cannot be 
moved. 

Thy throne is established of old : thou art from 
everlasting. 

The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have 
lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of 
many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 

Thy testimonies are very sure : holiness becometh 
thine house, O Lord, for ever. 



ORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall 



the wicked triumph? 
How long shall they utter and speak hard things ? 
and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves ? 

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and 
afflict thine heritage. 

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder 
the fatherless. 

Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither 
shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

Understand, ye brutish among the people : and ye 
fools, when will ye be wise ? 

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? he 
that formed the eye, shall he not see ? He that 
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know ? 



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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O 
Lord, and teachest him out of thy law ; 

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of 
adversity. 

For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither 
will he forsake his inheritance. 

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: 
and all the upright in heart shall follow it. 

Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? 
or who will stand up for me against the workers of 
iniquity ? 

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had 
almost dwelt in silence. 

When I said, My foot slippeth ; thy mercy, O 
Lord, held me up. 

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy 
comforts delight my soul. 

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with 
thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 

They gather themselves together against the soui 
of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 

But the Lord is my defence ; and my God is the 
rock of my refuge. 



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I. 



Psalm XCV. 



COME, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make 



a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. 
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv- 
ing, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 

In his hand are the deep places of the earth : the 
strength of the hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands 
formed the dry land. 

Oh, come, let us worship and bow down : let us 
kneel before the Lord our maker. 

For he is our God; and we are the people of his 
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 



H, sing unto the Lord a new song : sing unto 



the Lord, all the earth. 
Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; shew forth 
his salvation from day to day. 

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders 
among all people. 

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised. 
Honor and majesty are before him ; strength and 
beauty are in his sanctuary. 




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Give unto the Lord, Oh ye kindreds of the people, 
give unto the Lord glory and strength. 

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : 
bring an offering, and come into his courts. 

Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : 
fear before him, all the earth. 

Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth : 
the world al^o shall be established that it shall not 
be moved : he shall judge the people righteously. 

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad ; 
let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: 
then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before 
the Lord : 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : 
he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the 
people with his truth. 



HE Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice; let the 



multitude of isles be glad thereof. 
Clouds and darkness are round about him: right- 
eousness and judgment are the habitation of his 
throne. 

His lightnings enlightened the world : the earth 
saw, and trembled. 

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the 
Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole 
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The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the 
people see his glory. 

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : he preserveth 
the souls of his saints ; he delivereth them out of 
the hand of the wicked. 

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for 
the upright in heart. 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous ; and give 
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

II. 

Psalm XCVIIL 

/^\H, sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath 
done marvellous things : his right hand, and 
his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 

The Lord hath made known his salvation : his 
righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of 
the heathen. 

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth 
toward the house of Israel. 

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation 
of our God. 

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth : 
make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof ; the 
world, and they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be 
joyful together before the Lord. 



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For he cometh to judge the earth: with righteous- 
ness shall he judge the world, and the people with 
equity. 



HE Lord reigneth ; and he is high above all the 



people. 

Let them praise thy great and terrible name ; for 
it is holy. 

Thou dost establish equity, thou executest judg- 
ment and righteousness. 

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his 
footstool ; for he is holy. 

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel 
among them that call upon his name ; they called 
upon the Lord, and he answered them. 

They kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that 
he gave them. 

Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God : thou 
wast a God that forgavest them, though thou took- 
est vengeance of their inventions. 

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy 
hill ; for the Lord our God is holy. 



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I. 

Psalm C. 

TV/TAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands : 
serve the Lord with gladness : come before 
his presence with singing. 

Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his 
people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into 
his courts with praise. Be thankful unto him, and 
bless his name. 

For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; 
and his truth endureth to all generations. 

Psalm CI. 

T WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, 
O Lord, will I sing. 

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Oh, 
when wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk within 
my house with a perfect heart. 

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes : I 
hate the work of them that turn aside ; it shall not 
cleave to me. 

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will 
know no evil thing. 

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him that hath a high look and a proud heart will 
not I suffer. 

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land 
that they may dwell with me : 

He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve 
me. 

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my 
house. He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my 
sight. 

Psalm CIL 

TT EAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come 
unto thee. 

' Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am 
in trouble ; incline thine ear unto me : in the day 
when I call answer me speedily. 

My days are like a shadow that declineth ; and I 
am withered like grass. 

But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever ; and thy 
remembrance unto all generations. 

When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall ap- 
pear in his glory. 

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 
despise their prayer. 

This shall be written for the generation to come : 
and the people which shall be created shall praise 
the Lord. 

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sanctuary ; from heaven did the Lord behold the 
earth ; 

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose 
those that are appointed to death ; 

He weakened my strength in the way ; he short- 
ened my days. 

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst 
of my days : thy years are throughout all genera- 
tions. 

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth : 
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all 
of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture 
shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. 

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no 
end. 

II. 

Psalm CIII. 

OLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is 
within me, bless his holy name. 
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his 
benefits : 

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who healeth all 
thv diseases ; 

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who 
crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender 
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Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things : so 
that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment 
for all that are oppressed. 

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, 
and plenteous in mercy. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor re- 
warded us according to our iniquities. 

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so 
great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he 
removed our transgressions from us. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that 
we are dust. 

As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of 
the field, so he flourisheth. 

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone : and 
the place thereof shall know it no more. 

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 
to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his 
righteousness unto children's children ; 
■ To such as keep his covenant, and to those that 
remember his commandments to do them. 

The Lord hath prepared his throne in the 
heavens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

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strength, that do his commandments, hearkening 
unto the voice of his word. 

Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ministers 
of his, that do his pleasure. 

Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his 
dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul. 

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I. 

Psalm CIV. 

DLESS the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, 
thou art very great ; thou art clothed with 
honor and majesty: 

Who coverest thyself with light as with a gar- 
ment : who stretchest out the heavens like a cur- 
tain : 

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the 
waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who 
walketh upon the wings of the wind : 

Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a 
flaming fire : 

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it 
should not be removed for ever. 

Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment: 
the waters stood above the mountains. 

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which 
run among the hills. 



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They give drink to every beast of the field : the 
wild asses quench their thirst. 

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their 
habitation, which sing among the branches. 

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and 
herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth 
food out of the earth ; 

He appointed the moon for seasons : the sun 
knoweth his going down. 

Thou makest darkness, and it is night : wherein all 
the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek 
their meat from God. 

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 
and lay them down in their dens. 

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor 
until the evening. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom 
hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy 
riches. 

So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things 
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 

These wait all upon thee ; that thou mayest give 
them their meat in due season. 

That thou givest them they gather : thou openest 
thine hand, they are filled with good. 

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou 
takest away their breath, they die, and return to 
their dust. 



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Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: 
and thou renewest the face of the earth. 

The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever : the 
Lord shall rejoice in his works. 

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth : he 
toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will 
sing praise to my God while I have my being. 

My meditation of him shall be sweet : I will be 
glad in the Lord. 

Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

II. 

Psalm CV. 

/^\H, give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his 
name : make known his deeds among the 
people. 

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : talk ye of 
all his wondrous works. 

Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them 
rejoice that seek the Lord. 

Seek the Lord, and his strength : seek his face 
evermore. 

Remember his marvellous works that he hath 
done ; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. 

He is the Lord our God : his judgments are in all 
the earth. 



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Psalm CVL 

J3RAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the 
Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? Who 
can show forth all his praise ? 

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that 
doeth righteousness at ail times. 

Remember me, O Lord, with the favor that thou 
bearest unto thy people : oh, visit me with thy salva- 
tion ; 

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may 
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may 
glory with thine inheritance. 

Blessed be the Lord God from everlasting to ever- 
lasting : and let all the people say, Amen. Praise 
ye the Lord. 



H, give thanks unto the Lord for he is good, 



for his mercy endureth for ever. 
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he 
hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 

And gathered them out of the lands from the 
east, and from the west, from the north, and from 
the south. 



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They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary 
way; they found no city to dwell in. 

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
and he delivered them out of their distresses. 

And he led them forth by the right way, that they 
might go to a city of habitation. 

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men ! 

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the 
hungry soul with goodness. 

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of 
death, being bound in affliction and iron ; 

Because they rebelled against the words of God, 
and contemned the counsel of the Most High. 

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; 
they fell down, and there was none to help. 

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
and he saved them out of their distresses. 

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow 
of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children 
of men ! 

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiv- 
ing, and declare his works with rejoicing. 

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do 
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These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders 
in the deep. 

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, 
which lifteth up the waves thereof. 

They mount up to the heaven, they go down 
again to the depths : their soul is melted because of 
trouble. 

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and 
he bringeth them out of their distresses. 

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he 
bringeth them unto their desired haven. 

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men ! 

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of 
the people, and praise him in the assembly of the 
elders. 

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water- 
springs into dry ground. 

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, 
and dry ground into water-springs. 

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that 
they may prepare a city for habitation ; 

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which 
may yield fruits of increase. 

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied 
greatly ; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 



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Again, they are minished and brought low through 
oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even 
they shall understand the loving-kindness of the 
Lord. 



II. 

Psalm CVIII. 

GOD, my heart is fixed ; I will sing and give 
praise, even with my glory. 

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people : and 
I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 

For thy mercy is great above the heavens : and 
thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 

Be thou exalted, O God. above the heavens : and 
thy glory above all the earth ; 

That thy beloved may be delivered : save with thy 
right hand, and answer me. God hath spoken in 
his holiness ; I will rejoice. 

Give us help from trouble : for vain is the help 
of man. Through God we shall do valiantly. 

Psalm CIX. 

IT OLD not thy peace, O God of my praise ; 

for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth 
of the deceitful are opened against me : they have 
spoken against me with a lying tongue. 



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They compassed me about also with words of 
hatred ; and fought against me without a cause. 

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and 
hatred for my love. 

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy 
name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver 
thou me. 

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded 
within me. 

Help me, O Lord my God : oh, save me according 
to thy mercy : 

That they may know that this is thy hand ; that 
thou, Lord, hast done it. 

Let them curse, but bless thou . when they arise, 
let them be ashamed ; but let thy servant rejoice. 

I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth ; yea, 
I will praise him among the multitude. 

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, 
to save him from those that condemn his soul. 

Psalm CXI. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord 
with my whole heart, in the assembly of the 
upright, and in the congregation. 

The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all 
them that have pleasure therein. 

His work is honorable and glorious : and his right- 
eousness endureth for ever. 



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He hath made his wonderful works to be remem- 
bered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 

The works of his hands are verity and judgment ; 
all his commandments are sure. 

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in 
truth and uprightness. 

He sent redemption unto his people : he hath 
commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend 
is his name. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : 
a good understanding have all they that do his com- 
mandments : his praise endureth for ever. 



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I. 

Psalm CXII. 

T)RAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that 
feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his 
commandments. 

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the dark- 
ness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, and 
righteous. 

A good man sheweth favor, and lendeth : he will 
guide his affairs with discretion. 

Surely he shall not be moved for ever : the right- 
eous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 



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He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : his heart is 
fixed, trusting in the Lord. 

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid. 

Psalm CXIII. 

DRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of 
the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. 

Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time 
forth and for evermore. 

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of 
the same the Lord's name is to be praised. 

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory 
above the heavens. 

Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth 
on high, 

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that 
are in heaven, and in the earth ! Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Psalm CXV. 

\T OT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy 
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy 
truth's sake. 

Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 

The Lord hath been mindful of us : he will bless us. 

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small 
and great. 

The Lord increase you more and more, you and 
your children. 



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Blessed are ye of the Lord which made heaven 
and earth. 

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's : 
but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 

We will bless the Lord from this time forth and 
for evermore. Praise the Lord. 



II. 

Psalm CXVI. 

T LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice 
and my supplications. 

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, there- 
fore will I call upon him as long as I live. 

The sorrows of death compassed me : I found 
trouble and sorrow. 

Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord, 
I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea, our God 
is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple : I was brought 
low, and he helped me. 

Return unto thy rest, O my soul ; for the Lord 
hath dealt bountifully with thee. 

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine 
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his bene- 
fits toward me ? 



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I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the 
name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people. 

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of 
his saints. 

0 Lord, truly I am thy servant ; I am thy servant, 
and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed my 
bonds. 

1 will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
and will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people, 

In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of 
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 

Psalm CXVII. 

r^H, praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise 



him, all ye people. 
For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and 
the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye 
the Lord. 




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TWENTY-THIRD SELECTION. 



I. 



Psalm CXVIII. 



H, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good ; 



for his mercy endureth forever. 
Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

I called upon the Lord in distress : the Lord 
answered me, and set me in a large place. 

The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear : what 
can man do unto me ? 

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confi- 
dence in man. 

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confi- 
dence in princes. 

The Lord is my strength and song, and is become 
my salvation. 

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the taber- 
nacles of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord 
doeth valiantly. 

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of 
the Lord. 

The Lord hath chastened me sore : but he hath 
not given me over unto death. 

Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go 
into them, and I will praise the Lord. 




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I will praise thee : for thou hast heard me, and 
art become my salvation. 

The stone which the builders refused is become 
the head-stone of the corner. 

This is the Lord's doing ; it is marvellous in our 
eyes. 

This is the day which the Lord hath made ; we 
will rejoice and be glad in it. 

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : O Lord, I be- 
seech thee, send now prosperity. 

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord : we have blessed you out of the house of the 
Lord. 

God is the Lord, which hath showed us light. 

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : thou art 
my God, I will exalt thee. 

Oh, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

Psalm CXIX. 

OLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who 
walk in the law of the Lord. 

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and 
that seek him with the whole heart. 

They also do no iniquity : they walk in his ways. 

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts 
diligently. 

Oh, that my ways were directed to keep thy 

statutes ! 



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Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect 
unto all thy commandments. 

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when 
I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 

I will keep thy statutes : oh, forsake me not utterly. 

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? 
by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 

With my whole heart have I sought thee : oh, let 
me not wander from thy commandments. 

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might 
not sin against thee. 

Blessed art thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. 

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect 
unto thy ways. 

I will delight myself in thy statutes : I will not 
forget thy word. 

II. 

]~\EAL bountifully with thy servant, that I may 
live, and keep thy word. 

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous 
things out of thy law. 

I am a stranger in the earth : hide not thy com- 
mandments from me. 

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath 
unto thy judgments at all times. 

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I 
have kept thy testimonies. 



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Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my 
counsellors. 

My soul cleaveth unto the dust : quicken thou me 
according to thy word. 

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts : 
so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 

My soul melteth for heaviness : strengthen thou 
me according unto thy word. 

Remove from me the way of lying : and grant me 
thy law graciously. 

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments 
have I laid before me. 

I will run the way of thy commandments, when 
thou shalt enlarge my heart. 



EACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and 



I shall keep it unto the end. 
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; 
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; 
for therein do I delight. 

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to 
covetousness. 

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and 
quicken thou me in thy way. 



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Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted 
to thy fear. 

Turn away my reproach which I fear : for thy 
judgments are good. 

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts : quicken 
me in thy righteousness. 

Let thy mercies come unto me, O Lord, even thy 
salvation, according to thy word. 

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my 
mouth ; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and 
ever. 

And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy pre- 
cepts. 

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, 
which I have loved. 

My hands also will I lift up unto thy command- 
ments, which I have loved ; and I will meditate in 
thy statutes. 

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which 
thou hast caused me to hope. 

This is my comfort in my affliction : for thy word 
hath quickened me. 

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord ; and 
have comforted myself. 

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of 
my pilgrimage. 

I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the 
night, and have kept thy law. 



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Thou art my portion, O Lord : I have said that I 
would keep thy words. 

I entreated thy favor with my whole heart : be 
merciful unto me according to thy word. 

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto 
thy testimonies. 

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thv com- 
mandments. 

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, 
because of thy righteous judgments. 

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and 
of them that keep thy precepts. 

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach me 
thy statutes. 

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, 
according unto thy word. 

Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I 
have believed thy commandments. 

Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have 
I kept thy word. 

Thou art good, and doest good : teach me thy 
statutes. 

It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that 
I might learn thy statutes. 

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than 
thousands of gold and silver. 



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I 97 



II. 



HY hands have made me and fashioned me : 



give me understanding, that I may learn thy 
commandments. 

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and 
that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my 
comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may 
live : for thy law is my delight. 

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes ; that I be 
not ashamed. 

My soul fainteth for thy salvation : but I hope 
in thy word. 

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt 
thou comfort me ? 

Quicken me after thy loving-kindness ; so shall I 
keep the testimony of thy mouth. 

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations : thou 
hast established the earth, and it abideth. 

They continue this day according to thine ordi- 
nances : for all are thy servants. 

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should 
then have perished in mine affliction. 

I will never forget thy precepts : for with them 
thou hast quickened me. 




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I am thine, save me ; for I have sought thy pre- 
cepts. 



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I. 



Psalm CXIX. {continued). 



H how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all 



the day. 

I have refrained my feet from every evil way. that 
I might keep thy word. 

I have not departed from thy judgments : for thou 
hast taught me. 

Through thy precepts I get understanding : there- 
fore I hate every false way. 

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto 
my path. 

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will 
keep thy righteous judgments. 

I am afflicted very much : quicken me, O Lord, 
according unto thy word. 

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of 
my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. 

Thv testimonies have I taken as a heritage for 
ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 

I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes 
always, even unto the end. 

I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I love. 




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I 99 



Thou art my hiding place and my shield : I hope 
in thy word. 

Depart from me, ye evil doers : for I will keep 
the commandments of my God. 

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may 
live : and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : and I will 
have respect unto thy statutes continually. 

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word 
of thy righteousness. 

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, 
and teach me thy statutes. 

I am thy servant ; give me understanding, that I 
may know thy testimonies. 

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold ; 
yea, above fine gold. 

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all 
things to be right ; and I hate every false way. 



HY testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth 



my so.ul keep them. 
The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it giveth 
understanding unto the simple. 

Order my steps in thy word : and let not any 
iniquity have dominion over me. 

Deliver me from the oppression of man : so will 
I keep thy precepts. 



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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and 
teach me thy statutes. 

Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy 
judgments. 

Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in right- 
eousness and very faithfulness. 

Thy word is very pure : therefore thy servant 
loveth it. 

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, 
and thy law is truth. 

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me : yet 
thy commandments are my delight. 

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlast- 
ing : give me understanding, and I shall live. 

I cried with my whole heart ; hear me, O Lord : 
I will keep thy statutes. 

I cried unto thee ; save me, and I shall keep thy 
testimonies. 

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and 
cried : I hoped in thy word. 

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might 
meditate in thy word. 

Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kind- 
ness : O Lord, quicken me according to thy judg- 
ment. 

Thou art near, O Lord ; and all thy command- 
ments are truth. 

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old 
that thou hast founded them for ever. 



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I. 



Psalm CXIX. {continued). 



ONSIDER mine affliction, and deliver me: for 



I do not forget thy law. 
Plead my cause, and deliver me : quicken me 
according to thy word. 

Salvation is far from the wicked : for they seek 
not thy statutes. 

Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord : quicken 
me according to thy judgments. 

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ; 
because they kept not thy word. 

Consider how I love thy precepts : quicken me, O 
Lord, according to thy loving-kindness. 

Thy word is true from the beginning : and every 
one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 

Great peace have they which love thy law : and 
nothing shall offend them. 

Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy 
commandments. 

My soul hath kept thy testimonies ; and I love 
them exceedingly. 

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord : give 
me understanding according to thy word. 

Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me 
according to thy word. 




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My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught 
me thy statutes. 

My tongue shall speak of thy word : for all thy 
commandments are righteousness. 

Let thine hand help me ; for I have chosen thy 
precepts. 

I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy 
law is my delight. 

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; and let 
thy judgments help me. 

I have gone astray like a lost sheep : seek thy 
servant ; for I do not forget thy commandments. 

Psalm CXXI. 

T WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh from the Lord, which made 
heaven and earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slum- 
ber nor sleep. 

The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is thy shade 
upon thy right hand. 

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon 
by night. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : he 
shall preserve thy soul. 



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The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in from this time forth, and even for ever- 
more. 



II. 

Psalm CXXII. 

T WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go 
into the house of the Lord. 
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusa- 
lem. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper 
that love thee. 

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within 
thy palaces. 

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will 
now say, Peace be within thee. 

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will 
seek thy good. 



Psalm CXXIII. 




NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that 
dwellest in the heavens. 



Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the 
hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a 
maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes 
wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have 
mercy upon us. 



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Psalm CXXIV. 



T F it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
now may Israel say ; 

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
when men rose up against us : 

Then they had swallowed us up, when their wrath 
was kindled against us : 

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream 
had gone over our soul : 

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a 
prey to their teeth. 

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of 
the fowlers : the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. 



HEY that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount 



Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth 
for ever. 

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so 
the Lord is round about his people from hence- 
forth even for ever. 

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the 



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I. 



Psalm CXXV. 




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lot of the righteous ; lest the righteous put forth 
their hands unto iniquity. 

Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to 
them that are upright in their hearts. 

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, 
the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of 
iniquity. 

But peace shall be upon Israel. 

Psalm CXXVI. 

\\ T HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of 
Zion, we were like them that dream. 

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our 
tongue with singing : then said they among the 
heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. 

The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof 
we are glad. 

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams 
in the south. 

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious 
seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bring- 
ing his sheaves with him. 

Psalm CXXVII. 

T^XCEPT the Lord build the house, they labor in 
vain that build it : except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 

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to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his be- 
loved sleep. 

Psalm CXXVIII. 

DLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; 
that walketh in his ways. 

For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands : happy 
shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that 
feareth the Lord. 

Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and 
peace upon Israel. 



II. 

Psalm CXXX. 

/^\UT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O 
^ Lord. 

Lord, hear my voice : let thine ear be attentive 
to the voice of my supplications. 

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, 
who shall stand ? 

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may- 
est be feared. 

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his 
word do I hope. 

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that 
watch for the morning : I say, more than they that 
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Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord 
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 

Psalm CXXXIV. 

TOEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of 
the Lord, which by night stand in the house 
of the Lord. 

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the 
Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless 
thee out of Zion. 

TWENTY-EIGHTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm CXXXV. 

ORAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the 
Lord ; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. 

Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the 
courts of the house of our God, 

Praise the Lord ; for the Lord is good : sing 
praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant. 

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in 
heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep 
places. 

He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends 
of the earth ; he maketh lightnings for the rain ; he 
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Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy 
memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. 



H, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 



For his mercy endureth for ever. 
Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords : 
For his mercy endureth for ever. 
To him who alone doeth great wonders : 
For his mercy endureth for ever. 
To him that by w r isdom made the heavens : to 
him that stretched out the earth above the waters : 
For his mercy endureth for ever. 
To him that made great lights : the sun to rule by 
day : the moon and stars to rule by night: 
For his mercy endureth for ever. 
Who remembered us in our low estate: and 
hath redeemed us from our enemies : who giveth 
food to all flesh : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 

Oh, give thanks unto the God of heaven : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 



Psalm CXXXVII. 

Y the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, 
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We hanged our harps upon the willows in the 
midst thereof. 

For there they that carried us away captive re- 
quired of us a song ; and they that wasted us required 
of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of 
Zion. 

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange 
land ? 

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand 
forget her cunning. 

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave 
to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem 
above my chief joy. 

Psalm CXXXVIII. 

T WILL praise thee with my whole heart. I will 
praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for 
thy truth. 

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and 
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O 
Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : for 
great is the glory of the Lord. 

Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect 
unto the lowly. 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt 
revive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand, and 
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The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me ; 
thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever : 

Forsake not the works of thine own hands. 



LORD, thou hast searched me, and known 



me : thou knowest my downsitting and mine 
uprising ; thou understandest my thought afar off. 

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 
and art acquainted with all my ways. 

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O 
Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid 
thine hand upon me. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is 
high, I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither 
shall I flee from thy presence ? 

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I 
make my bed in the grave, behold, thou art there. 

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in 
the uttermost parts of the sea ; 

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; even 
the night shall be light about me. 

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the 
night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light 
are both alike to thee. 

I will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder- 
fully made : marvellous are thy works ; and that my 
soul knoweth right well. 

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O 
God ! how great is the sum of them ! 

If I should count them, they are more in number 
than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee. 

Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, 
and know my thoughts : 

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 
lead me in the way everlasting. 

Psalm CXL. 

T SAID unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear 
the voice of my supplications, O Lord. 

0 God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, 
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 

1 know that the Lord will maintain the cause of 
the afflicted, and the right of the poor. 

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy 
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XI. 

Psalm CXLI. 

T ORD, I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; 

' give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. 

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; 
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sac- 
rifice. 

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the 
door of my lips. 

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise 
wicked works with men that work iniquity. 

Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kind- 
ness : and let him reprove me. 

Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord : in thee 
is my trust ; leave not my soul destitute. 

Psalm CXLII. 

T CRIED unto the Lord with my voice ; with my 
voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 

I poured out my complaint before him ; I showed 
before him my trouble. 

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then 
thou knewest my path. 

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there 
was no man that would know me : refuge failed me ; 
no man cared for my soul. 

I cried unto thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art my 
refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 



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Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy 
name : the righteous shall compass me about ; for 
thou shalt deal bountifully with me. 

THIRTIETH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm CXLIII. 

U EAR my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my sup- 
plications : in thy faithfulness answer me, and 
in thy righteousness. 

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: 
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me ; 
my heart within me is desolate. 

I remember the days of old ; I meditate on all thy 
works ; I muse on the work of thy hands. 

I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul thirst- 
eth after thee, as a thirsty land. 

Hear me speedily, O Lord ; my spirit faileth : hide 
not thy face from me. 

Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morn- 
ing ; for in thee do I trust : cause me to know the 
way wherein I should walk ; for I lift up my soul 
unto thee. 

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : I flee 
unto thee to hide me. 

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thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of upright- 
ness. 

Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : for 
thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 

Psalm CXLIV. 

DLESSED be the Lord my strength, my good- 
ness, and my fortress ; my high tower, and my 
deliverer ; my shield, and he in whom I trust. 

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of 
him ! or the son of man, that thou makest account 
of him ! 

Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow 
that passeth away. 

Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down : touch 
the mountains, and they shall smoke. 

Deliver me from the hand of strange children, 
whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand 
is a right hand of falsehood : 

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their 
youth ; that our daughters may be as corner-stones, 
polished after the similitude of a palace : 

That our garners may be full, affording all manner 
of store ; that there be no complaining in our streets. 

Happy is that people, that is in such a case : yea, 
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II. 

Psalm CXLV. 

T WILL extol thee, O God, my King ; and I will 
bless thy name for ever and ever. 

Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy 
name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and 
his greatness is unsearchable. 

One generation shall praise thy works to another, 
and shall declare thy mighty acts. 

I will speak 'of the glorious honor of thy majesty, 
and of thy wondrous works. 

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible 
acts : and I will declare thy greatness. 

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy 
great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow 
to anger, and of great mercy. 

The Lord is good to all : and his tender mercies 
are over all his works. 

All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; and thy 
saints shall bless thee. 

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and 
talk of thy power ; 

To make known to the sons of men his mighty 
acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy 
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The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all 
those that be bowed down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou givest 
them their meat in due season. 

Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire 
of every living thing. 

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he 
also will hear their cry, and will save them. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and 
let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 

THIRTY-FIRST SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm CXLVI. 

T)RAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my 
soul. 

While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing 
praises unto my God while I have any being. 

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of 
man, in whom there is no help. 

Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord his God : 

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all 
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Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : 
which giveth food to the hungry. 

The Lord looseth the prisoners : the Lord openeth 
the eyes of the blind : 

The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : the 
Lord loveth the righteous : 

The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth 
the fatherless and widow : but the way of the wicked 
he turneth upside down. 

The Lord shall reign for ever. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Psalm CXLVII. 

T)RAISE ye the Lord : for it is good to sing 
praises unto our God ; for it is pleasant ; and 
praise is comely. 

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem : he gathereth 
together the outcasts of Israel. 

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up 
their wounds. 

He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth 
them all by their names. 

Great is our Lord, and of great power : his under- 
standing is infinite. 

The Lord lifteth up the meek : he casteth the 
wicked down to the ground. 

Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving ; sing praise 
upon the harp unto our God : 

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pareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow 
upon the mountains. 

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young 
ravens which cry. 

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 
in those that hope in his mercy. 

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : 
his word runneth very swiftly. 

He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar- 
frost like ashes. 

He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can 
stand before his cold ? 

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he 
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 



II. 

Psalm CXLVIII. 

TDRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from 
the heavens : praise him in the heights. 
Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all 
his hosts. 

Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye 
stars of light. 

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters 
that be above the heavens. 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : for he 
commanded, and they were created. 



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He hath also stablished them for ever and ever : 
he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and 
all deeps : 

Fire and hail; snow and vapor; stormy wind ful- 
filling his word : 

Mountains, and all hills ; fruitful trees, and all 
cedars : 

Beasts, and all cattle ; creeping things, and flying 
fowl : 

Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and 
all judges of the earth : 

Both young men and maidens ; old men and chil- 
dren : 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his 
name alone is excellent. 

His glory is above the earth and heaven. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

Psalm CXLIX. 

jDRAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new 
song, and his praise in the congregation of 
saints. 

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the 
children of Zion be joyful in their King. 

Let them praise his name in the dance : let them 
sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 

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will beautify the meek with salvation. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Psalm CL. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctu- 
ary : praise him in the firmament of his power. 

Praise him for his mighty acts : praise him accord- 
ing to his excellent greatness. 

Praise him with the timbrel and dance : praise him 
with stringed instruments and organs. 

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. 
Praise ye the Lord. 



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CHRISTMAS. 

BLESSED be the Lord God, for he hath not 
left himself without a witness, 
But hath spoken by the mouth of his holy 
prophets, which have been since the world began; 

That we should serve him without fear, in holi- 
ness and righteousness all the days of our life. 

Through the tender mercy of our God the day- 
spring from on high hath visited us ; 

Giving light to those who sit in darkness and 
guiding our feet into the way of peace. 

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet 
of him that bringeth good tidings ; 

That publisheth peace, that proclaimeth glad 
tidings of salvation. 

He shall not strive nor cry, nor cause his voice 
to be heard in the street. 

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 
smoking flax shall he not quench. 

He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have 
established equity in the earth. 

The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the 
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The spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of 
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 

Anointing him to preach good tidings to the 
poor, to bind up the broken-hearted ; 

To comfort those who mourn ; to proclaim lib- 
erty to the captives ; 

The opening of the prisons to those who are 
bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 

In him was life, and the life was the light 
of men. 

He was tempted like as we are, and no fault 
was found in him. 

He came not to be ministered unto, but to min- 
ister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 

Mercy and truth are met together ; righteous- 
ness and peace have kissed each other. 

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and right- 
eousness shall look down from heaven. 

Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good, 
and our land shall yield her increase. 

Righteousness shall go before him, and shall 
set us in the way of his steps. 



praise thee. O God, we magnify thee. 
V 1 Heaven and earth are full of the majesty 
of thy glory. 

Blessed be the name of the Lord forever, for 
he hath visited and redeemed his people. 



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Hadst thou not remembered our low estate, and 
bent to us with thy testimonies from of old, 

We had been in darkness and the shadow of 
death, and the light of thy countenance had been 
hid. 

When thou gavest the earth for the abode of 
man, thou didst portion his days in thy wisdom 
and mercy. 

Thou holdest in thy right hand his years, and 
their record beareth witness. 

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness 
for the upright in heart. 

We shall not' die, but live, and declare the 
works of the Lord. 

Sing, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth; for the 
former things have passed away, and all things 
have become new. 

The Son of man hath gone up on high, made 
perfect through suffering for the holy of holies. 

In him did the fulness of thy spirit dwell ; and 
of his fulness we may all partake. 

In him was the light, and whoso followeth him 
shall not walk in darkness. 

He came unto the world bearing witness of the 
truth. 

And every one that is of the truth heareth his 
voice. 

He became obedient unto death, even the 
death of the cross. 

Being found worthy to receive the crown of 
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We are no more strangers and exiles, but fel- 
low-citizens with the saints, and of the household 
of God. 

Thou hast made one family, there and here ; 
one living communion of seen and unseen. 

Not long, O Lord, shall we feel after thee in 
these courts below ; not long wilt thou hearken 
to these faltering lips. 

Our fathers thou hast called to thy higher 
praise, and gathered to their fathers must all the 
children be. 

We therefore pray thee, O Lord, help thy ser- 
vants whom thou hast created in thy image. 

Make them to be numbered with thy saints in 
glory everlasting. 

Let the dead and living praise thee, O God, 
above, below : let all the generations praise 
thee. 

Let the glorified company of the first-born 
praise thee who dwellest in the heavens. 

Blessed be the Eternal One who giveth us the 
victory. 

And calleth us by his spirit to become the sons 
of God. 

Blessed be the Lord our God who maketh us 
heirs of immortality and joint heirs with Christ in 
heaven. 

If so be we suffer with him that we may be also 
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for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit 
of heaviness. 

Blessed be the dawn of his everlasting light. 

Thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave : thou 
wilt show me the path of life. 

In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right 
hand are pleasures for evermore. 

A MEMORIAL. 

1ET us call to remembrance the great and 
good, through whom the Lord hath wrought 
great glory : 

Those who were leaders of the people by their 
judgment, giving counsel by their understanding 
and foresight : 

Wise and eloquent in their teachings, and 
through knowledge and might fit helpers of the 
people. 

All these were honored in their generation, and 
were the glory of their times. 

There be some who have left a name behind 
them, whose remembrance is sweet as honey in 
all mouths. 

And there be some who have no memorial, who 
are perished as though they had never been. 

But their righteousness has not been forgotten, 
and the glory of their work cannot be blotted out. 

Their bodies are buried in peace, but their 
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The people will tell of their wisdom, and the 
congregation will show forth their praise. 

For the memorial of virtue is immortal, because 
it is known with God and with men. 

When it is present men take example of it, 
and when it is gone they earnestly desire it. 

It weareth a crown, and triumpheth forever; 
having gotten the victory striving for undefiled 
rewards. 

The righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
brance, and the memory of the just shall be 
blessed. 

Though a good life hath but few days, yet a 
good name endureth forever. 

Though the righteous be overtaken by death, 
they shall be at rest; their souls are in the hand 
of God. 

Though they perish from the sight of men, yet 
is their hope full of immortality. 

Seeing we are compassed about with such a 
cloud of witnesses, let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us ; 

And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in 
due season we shall reap if we faint not. 

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; 
for the end of that man is peace. 

The path of the just is as the shining light, 
that shineth more and more unto the perfect 
day. 



